Solanaceous

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Solanaceous \Sol`a*na"ceous\, a. (Bot.)
     Of or pertaining to plants of the natural order {Solanaceae},
     of which the nightshade ({Solanum}) is the type. The order
     includes also the tobacco, ground cherry, tomato, eggplant,
     red pepper, and many more.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  solanaceous
       adj : of or relating to plants of the family Solanaceae (the
             potato family)