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Definition: Solanum |
SolanumNoun1. Type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Solanum \So*la"num\, noun. [Latin expression, nightshade.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: SolanumSynonym: genus Solanum (n). (additional references) |
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S. wallacei - Wallace's nightshade
S. aculeastrum - sodaapple nightshade S. adscendens - sonoita nightshade S. aethiopicum - Ethiopian nightshade S. americanum. - purple nightshade S. aviculare - New Zealand nightshade S. bahamense - Bahama nightshade S. bulbocastanum - ornamental nightshade S. burbankii - wonderberry S. campechiense - redberry nightshade S. capsicastrum - false Jerusalem cherry S. capsicoides - cockroach berry S. cardiophyllum - heartleaf nightshade S. carolinense - apple of Sodom S. chenopodioides - goosefoot nightshade S. citrullifolium - watermelon nightshade S. clokeyi - Clokey's nightshade S. commersonii - Commerson's nightshade S. conocarpum - marron bacoba S. crispum - potato vine S. davisensen - Davis horsenettle S. demissum - nightshade S. dimidiatum - Torrey's nightshade S. diphyllum - twinleaf nightshade S. donianum - mullein nightshade S. douglasii - greenspot nightshade S. drymophilum - erubia S. dulcamara - woody nightshade S. elaeagnifolium - silverleaf nightshade S. erianthum - mullein nightshade, potato tree S. fendleri - Fendler's horsenettle S. ferox - nightshade S. furcatum - forked nightshade S. gayanum - Chilean nightshade S. gilo - gilo S. glacum S. glaucophyllum - waxyleaf nightshade S. gracilius - slender nightshade S. haleakalense S. heterodoxum - melon-leaf nightshade S. hindsianum - Hinds' nightshade S. hyporhodium - cocona S. imcompletum S. incanum - nightshade S. incompletum - Popolo ku mai S. interius - deadly nightshade S. jamaicense - Jamaican nightshade S. jamesii - wild potato S. jasminoides Paxton - jasmine nightshade S. khasianum - nightshade S. lanceifolium - lanceleaf nightshade S. lanceolatum - orangeberry nightshade S. leptosepalum Correll - tigna potato S. lumholtzianum - Sonoran nightshade S. lycopersicum - garden tomato S. macrocarpon - nightshade S. mammosum - nipplefruit S. marginatum - white-margined nightshade S. mauritianum - earleaf nightshade S. melanocerasum - garden huckleberry S. melongena - eggplant S. mucronatum - pepino S. muricatum - pepino S. nelsonii Dunal - Nelson's horsenettle S. nigrescens - divine nightshade S. nigrum - deadly nightshade S. nudum - forest nightshade S. parishii - Parish's nightshade S. pericifolium S. persicifolium - berengena de playa S. peruvianum - Peruvian nightshade S. phureja - nightshade S. physalifolium - hairy nightshade S. pimpinellifolium - currant tomato S. pinnatisectum - tansyleaf nightshade S. polygamum - cakalaka berry S. pseudocapsicum - Jerusalem cherry S. pseudogracile - glowing nightshade S. pterocaulon S. ptycanthum S. ptychanthum Dunal - E. black nightshade S. pyrifolium S. quitoense - naranjilla S. racemosum - canker berry S. riedlei - Riedle's nightshade S. robustum - shrubby nightshade S. rostratum - Texas thistle S. rugosum - tabacon aspero S. sandwicense - Hawaii horsenettle S. seaforthianum - Brazilian nightshade S. sessiliflorum - cocona S. sisymbriifolium - sticky nightshade S. surattense - nightshade S. tampicense - wetland nightshade S. tenuilobatum - San Diego nightshade S. tenuipes - fancy nightshade S. torvum - devil's fig S. triflorum Nutt - cutleaf nightshade S. triquetrum - Texas nightshade S. tuberosum - Irish potato S. umbelliferum - bluewitch nightshade S. viarum - tropical soda apple S. villosum S. viride - green nightshade S. wallacei - Catalina nightshade S. wendlandii - giant potatocreeper S. woodburyi - Woodbury's nightshade S. xanthi S. xanti - purple nightshade |
Solanum is a genus of annuals, perennials, sub-shrubs, shrubs and climbers. They often have attractive fruit and flowers. Most are poisonous, but several nonetheless bear edible fruit or other parts, such as the common foods potato and eggplant.
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Solanum."
Crosswords: Solanum |
| English words defined with "Solanum": Apples of Sodom ♦ family Solanaceae ♦ Jerusalem cherry ♦ nightshade ♦ potato family ♦ Solanaceae, solanaceous vegetable, Solanine. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Solanum": ANTIBILIOUS, ANTINEPHRITITIC ♦ FRUIT EDIBLE, COOKED, FRUIT EDIBLE, RAW, FUCHSIA ARBORESCENS ♦ HEDEOMA AFF PULEGIOIDES, HEDYOSMUM MEXICANUM ♦ PICKLES. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Solanum": Solanine. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Solanum" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (Manguena, Manto de novia, Marimbita amarilla, Nightshade, Seskalo, Sunsumba, Susumba, Wonderberry). |
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| "Solanum" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Solanum" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Solanum": genus Solanum ♦ solanum aviculare ♦ solanum burbankii ♦ solanum capsicastrum ♦ solanum carolinense ♦ solanum commersonii ♦ solanum crispum ♦ solanum dulcamara ♦ solanum elaeagnifolium ♦ solanum giganteum ♦ solanum jamesii ♦ solanum jasmoides ♦ solanum macranthum ♦ solanum mammosum ♦ solanum melanocerasum ♦ solanum melongena ♦ solanum nigrum ♦ solanum nigrum guineese ♦ solanum pseudocapsicum ♦ solanum quitoense ♦ solanum rostratum ♦ solanum Sodomaeum ♦ solanum torvum ♦ solanum tuberosum ♦ solanum wendlandii ♦ solanum wrightii. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Solanum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | solanum nigrum L (solanum nigrum L). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | solanum nigrum L (solanum nigrum L). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | solanum nigrum L (solanum nigrum L), solanum médicinal (medicinal solanum), puceron des racines du haricot (solanum root aphid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Solanum nigrum L (solanum nigrum L), medizinische Solanaceen (medicinal solanum), Bohnenwurzellaus (bean root aphid, french bean root aphid, solanum root aphid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | solanum nigrum L (solanum nigrum L), Solanum medicinale (medicinal solanum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | olanumsay solano medicinal (medicinal solanum), erva-moura (morel, nightshade). (various references) betpunglus (bean root aphid, french bean root aphid, solanum root aphid). (various references) ılıman iklim sebzeleri. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Amycla albicornis, Pemphigus globosus, Pemphigus radicicola, Pemphigus trifolii, Sminthurodes betae, Smynthurodes betae, Trifidaphis betae, Tullgrenia phaseoli, Tychea betae. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Solanum": solanums. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "Solanum" (pronounced 'So*la"num'): Alburnum, Arcanum, Crinum, damnum, Glucinum, INTERREGNUM, jejunum, Laburnum, Linum, magnum, Mesosternum, molybdenum, Omosternum, Presternum, Prosternum, Sagapenum, sphagnum, Stannum, sternum, Verumontanum, Viburnum, Vinum. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-l-m-n-o-s-u" | |
-1 letter: salmon. | |
-2 letters: alums, loams, loans, lunas, manos, manus, mason, mauls, moans, molas, monas, muons, nomas, salon, solan, solum, ulans, ulnas. | |
-3 letters: alms, also, alum, amus, anus, lams, loam, loan, lums, luna, mano, mans, maul, maun, moan, moas, mola, mols, mons, muns, muon, naos, noma, noms, nous, onus, saul, slam, slum, sola, soma, soul. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-l-m-n-o-s-u" | |
+1 letter: laminous, melanous, solanums. | |
+2 letters: aluminous, anomalous, molluscan, molluskan, olibanums, subnormal. | |
+3 letters: albuminous, calumnious, consumable, emulations, granulomas, infamously, journalism, menopausal, monoculars, nonmusical, ovalbumins, pulmonates, simulation, summonable. | |
+4 letters: ambulations, anomalously, anonymously, calmodulins, communalism, communalist, consumables, cumulations, filamentous, gadoliniums, glucosamine, journalisms, laundromats, ligamentous, maculations, modulations, morulations, mutilations, nucleoplasm, nucleosomal, simulations, stimulation, sublimation, subnormally, sulfonamide, summational, supernormal, tourmalines, unanimously, unglamorous, unmalicious, voluntarism. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6F 6C 61 6E 75 6D |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101111 01101100 01100001 01101110 01110101 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S o l a n u m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006F 006C 0061 006E 0075 006D |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53817867808779 |
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