of, relating to, or belonging to the Solanaceae, a family of plants having typically tubular flowers with reflexed petals, protruding anthers, and often poisonous or narcotic properties: includes the potato, tobacco, henbane, mandrake, and several nightshades
Word origin
C19: from New Latin Sōlānāceae, from Latin sōlānum nightshade
Examples of 'solanaceous' in a sentence
solanaceous
Carotenoids content in the leaves and fruits of solanaceous plants varied significantly among the species.
Rumana Islam, Md Nesar Uddin, Md Ashrafuzzaman, Md Injamum Ul Hoque 2018, 'Phenolics and carotenoids contents and radical scavenging capacity of some selectedsolanaceous medicinal plants', Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural Universityhttp://baures.bau.edu.bd/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/10.-JBAU-2018-031-revisedpaper-_1_-1.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A large number of withanolides are isolated from solanaceous plants.
Abhinav Grover 2015, 'Withanolides: Strategies for Enhanced Production and Mechanistic Insights into theirMode of Action', Proceedings of Indian National Science Academyhttps://insa.nic.in/writereaddata/UpLoadedFiles/PINSA/Vol81_2015_3_Art03.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Solanaceous species include many important crops such as potato and tomato.
Erik Alexandersson, Tewodros Mulugeta, Åsa Lankinen, Erland Liljeroth, Erik Andreasson 2016, 'Plant Resistance Inducers against Pathogens in Solanaceae Species—From Molecular Mechanismsto Field Application', International Journal of Molecular Scienceshttp://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/17/10/1673. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
With regard to other solanaceous plants inoculated ("jiló" and eggplant), no symptoms or signs of infection were observed.
Martha Maria Passador, Edson Luiz Furtado, Mário Barreto Figueiredo 2009, 'Especificidade de Puccinia pampeana a cultivares de Capsicum spp. e outras solanáceasSpecificity of Puccinia pampeana to Capsicum spp. cultivars and other solanaceousplants. Summa Phytopathologica', Summa Phytopathologicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-54052009000100012. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It indicates that this species may be attracted to the odors of yeast fermentation and not only solanaceous flowers.
Emily Ramos Guillín, Violeta Rafael 2018, 'Two new species in the Drosophila flavopilosa and Drosophila morelia species groups(Diptera: Drosophilidae) in the eastern Andes of Ecuador', Revista Peruana de Biologíahttp://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/rpb/article/view/14684. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)