- solasonine
- \\səˈlasəˌnēn, ˌsäləˈsōˌn-, -_nə̇n\ noun
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Etymology: solaso- (from New Latin Solanum sodomaeum, from Solanum + sodomaeum, neuter of sodomaeus of Sodom, from Late Latin Sodoma Sodom, from Greek) + solanine: a crystalline glycosidic alkaloid C45H73NO16 obtained from several solanaceous plants (as Solanum sodomaeum) and closely related to solanine but yielding solasodine on hydrolysis — called also solanine-S
Useful english dictionary. 2012.