different between solanum vs nightshade

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

solanum (plural solanums)

1. (botany) Any plant in the genus Solanum.
2. (East Africa) A traditional green vegetable in the genus Solanum, specifically Solanum nigrum, and sometimes Solanum macrocarpon, Solanum scabrum, and Solanum villosum.

Translations

Anagrams

• monauls

Latin

Etymology

First used by Pliny. Possible etymologies include:

• s?l (“sun”) +? -?nus
• s?lor (“to comfort, soothe”) +? -nus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /so??la?.num/, [s?o????ä?n???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /so?la.num/, [s??l??num]

Noun

s?l?num n (genitive s?l?n?); second declension

1. a plant: nightshade

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

References

• solanum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• solanum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

English

Etymology

From Middle English ny?tschade, ni?teschode, nyght shade, from Old English nihts?ada, corresponding to night +? shade. Compare German Nachtschatten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?na?t?e?d/

Noun

nightshade (plural nightshades)

1. Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.
2. (colloquial) Any plant of the wider Solanaceae family, including the nightshades as well as tomato, potato, eggplant, and deadly nightshade.
3. Belladonna or deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna.
4. Any of several plants likened to nightshade, usually because of similar dark-colored berries.

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See also

• petit morel, petty morel