资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Solanum \So*la"num\, n. [L., nightshade.] (Bot.)
   A genus of plants comprehending the potato ({S. tuberosum}),
   the eggplant ({S. melongena}, and several hundred other
   species; nightshade.

资料来源 : WordNet®

Solanum
     n : type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant;
         bittersweet [syn: {genus Solanum}]