Solanaceous Definition

sōlə-nāshəs
adjective
Of or belonging to the nightshade family.
American Heritage

(botany) Pertaining to the order Solanaceae, which includes the nightshades.

Wiktionary

Origin of Solanaceous

  • From New Latin Sōlānāceae family name from Sōlānum type genus from Latin sōlānum nightshade solanine

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From modern Latin Solanaceae, from Latin solanum "˜nightshade'.

    From Wiktionary

Solanaceous Sentence Examples

  • The cereal crops (wheat, barley, oats, rye, maize); the cruciferous crops (turnips, cabbage, kale, rape, mustard); the solanaceous crops (potatoes); the chenopodiaceous crops (mangels, sugar-beets), and other non-leguminous crops have, so far as is known, no such power, and are therefore more or less benefited by the direct application of nitrogenous manures.

  • Most PEPc kinase genes contain a single conserved intron but solanaceous plants have one unusual PEPc kinase gene with a second intron.

  • Not to be used on eggplants, peppers, tomatoes, or other member of the solanaceous family.

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