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Translingual
Etymology
Solanum + -aceae.
Proper noun
Solanaceae
- A taxonomic family within the order Solanales – many plants including the nightshades, peppers, potatoes, tomatoes and tobacco.
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Hyponyms
- (family): Browallioideae, Goetzeoideae, Nicotianoideae, Petunioideae, Schizanthoideae, Schwenckioideae, Solanoideae - subfamily
- Acnistus, Atropa (deadly nightshade), Brugmansia (angel's trumpet), Brunfelsia, Calibrachoa, Capsicum (peppers), Cestrum, Chamaesaracha, Combera, Crenidium, Cuatresia, Cyphanthera, Cyphomandra, Datura (jimsonweed), Fabiana, Hyoscyamus (henbane), Iochroma, Lycium (boxthorn), Lycianthes, Lycopersicon, Mandragora (mandrake), Nicandra, Nicotiana (tobacco), Petunia, Physalis (tomatillo), Scopolia, Solandra, Solanum (potato, aubergine, tomato), Streptosolen - selected genera
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