(n)woolly-stemmed biennial arborescent shrub of tropical Africa and southern Asia having silvery-white prickly branches, clusters of blue or white flowers, and bright red berries resembling holly berries, Syn.Solanum giganteum
(n)Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible, Syn.Solanum nigrum, poison-berry, common nightshade, poisonberry
(n)small perennial shrub cultivated in uplands of South America for its edible bright orange fruits resembling tomatoes or oranges, Syn.Solanum quitoense
(n)annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous, Syn.white potato vine, white potato, Solanum tuberosum
(n)erect or spreading perennial of southwestern United States and Mexico bearing small pale brown to cream-colored tubers resembling potatoes, Syn.Solanum jamesii
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
prop. n. [ L., nightshade. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants comprehending the potato (Solanum tuberosum), the eggplant (Solanum melongena, and several hundred other species; nightshade. [ 1913 Webster ]
[みずなす, mizunasu](n) (1) var. of eggplant (Solanum melongena) which can be eaten raw; (2) pickled (in rice bran or vinegar) (whole) eggplant[Add to Longdo]