Memidex - Solanaceae
Definition:
a large and economically important family of herbs, 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
Class:
plant noun
Usage:
Plural:
Solanaceae*
(* Solanaceae may be used in a singular or plural context)
Type of:
asterid dicot family » dicot family » family » taxonomic group
Member of:
Polemoniales » Asteridae » Dicotyledones » Angiospermae » Spermatophyta » Plantae
Original source:
Examples:
Atropa | Browallia | Brugmansia | Brunfelsia | Capsicum | Cestrum | Cyphomandra | Datura | Fabiana | Hyoscyamus | Lycium | Lycopersicon | Mandragora | Nicandra | Nicotiana | Nierembergia | Petunia | Physalis | Salpichroa | Salpiglossis | Schizanthus | Scopolia | Solandra | Solanum | Streptosolen
Synonym:
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