Solanum

·noun A genus of plants comprehending the potato (S. tuberosum), the eggplant (S. melongena, and several hundred other species; nightshade.

solanum
sōlānum, i, n., a plant , called also strychnos, nightshade , Plin. 27, 13, 108, § 132; Cels. ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.