sōlānum, i, n.,
a plant , called also strychnos, nightshade , Plin. 27, 13, 108, § 132; Cels. 2, 33; 3, 18; 5, 26.
·noun A genus of plants comprehending the potato (S. tuberosum), the eggplant (S. melongena, and sev...
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