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nountype genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet
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- nightshade any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit
- family solanaceae large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia, Physalis, and Solandra
- potato family large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia, Physalis, and Solandra
- solanaceae large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia, Physalis, and Solandra
- solanaceous vegetable any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum, Capsicum, and Lycopersicon