family Solanaceae

family Solanaceae
noun
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
• Syn: ↑Solanaceae, ↑potato family
• Derivationally related forms: ↑solanaceous (for: ↑Solanaceae)
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Polemoniales, ↑order Polemoniales
• Member Meronyms:
↑Solanum, ↑genus Solanum, ↑Atropa, ↑genus Atropa, ↑genus Browallia, ↑Brunfelsia, ↑genus Brunfelsia, ↑Brugmansia, ↑genus Brugmansia, ↑genus Capsicum, ↑Capsicum, ↑Cestrum, ↑genus Cestrum, ↑Cyphomandra, ↑genus Cyphomandra, ↑Datura, ↑genus Datura, ↑Fabiana, ↑genus Fabiana, ↑Hyoscyamus, ↑genus Hyoscyamus, ↑Lycium, ↑genus Lycium, ↑Lycopersicon, ↑genus Lycopersicon, ↑Lycopersicum, ↑genus Lycopersicum, ↑Mandragora, ↑genus Mandragora, ↑Nicandra, ↑genus Nicandra, ↑Nicotiana, ↑genus Nicotiana, ↑genus Nierembergia, ↑genus Petunia, ↑Petunia, ↑Physalis, ↑genus Physalis, ↑Salpichroa, ↑genus Salpichroa, ↑genus Salpiglossis, ↑genus Schizanthus, ↑Scopolia, ↑genus Scopolia, ↑Solandra, ↑genus Solandra, ↑Streptosolen, ↑genus Streptosolen

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