SOLANACEOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does solanaceous mean? 

• SOLANACEOUS (adjective)
  The adjective SOLANACEOUS has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to plants of the family Solanaceae (the potato family)

  Familiarity information: SOLANACEOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOLANACEOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to plants of the family Solanaceae (the potato family)

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Solanaceae (large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia, Physalis, and Solandra)

Derivation:

Solanaceae (large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia, Physalis, and Solandra)