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Solanum
(gcide) | Solanum \So*la"num\, prop. n. [L., nightshade.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants comprehending the potato ({Solanum
tuberosum}), the eggplant (Solanum melongena, and several
hundred other species; nightshade.
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solanum
(wn) | Solanum
n 1: type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant;
bittersweet [syn: Solanum, genus Solanum] |
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Solanum aviculare
(gcide) | kangaroo \kan"ga*roo"\, n. [Said to be the native name.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the
family Macropodid[ae]. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea,
and adjacent islands, They have long and strong hind legs and
a large tail, while the fore legs are comparatively short and
feeble. The giant kangaroo (Macropus major) is the largest
species, sometimes becoming twelve or fourteen feet in total
length. The tree kangaroos, belonging to the genus
Dendrolagus, live in trees; the rock kangaroos, of the
genus Petrogale, inhabit rocky situations; and the brush
kangaroos, of the genus Halmaturus, inhabit wooded
districts. See Wallaby.
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Kangaroo apple (Bot.), the edible fruit of the Tasmanian
plant Solanum aviculare.
Kangaroo grass (Bot.), a perennial Australian forage grass
(Anthistiria australis).
Kangaroo hare (Zool.), the jerboa kangaroo. See under
Jerboa.
Kangaroo mouse. (Zool.) See Jumping mouse, under
Jumping.
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Solanum capsicastrum
(gcide) | Jerusalem \Je*ru"sa*lem\ (j[-e]*r[udd]"s[.a]*l[e^]m), n. [Gr.
'Ieroysalh`m, fr. Heb. Y[e^]r[=u]sh[=a]laim.]
The chief city of Palestine, intimately associated with the
glory of the Jewish nation, and the life and death of Jesus
Christ.
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Jerusalem artichoke [Perh. a corrupt. of It. girasole i.e.,
sunflower, or turnsole. See Gyre, Solar.] (Bot.)
(a) An American plant, a perennial species of sunflower
(Helianthus tuberosus), whose tubers are sometimes used
as food.
(b) One of the tubers themselves.
Jerusalem cherry (Bot.), the popular name of either of two
species of Solanum (Solanum Pseudo-capsicum and
Solanum capsicastrum), cultivated as ornamental house
plants. They bear bright red berries of about the size of
cherries.
Jerusalem oak (Bot.), an aromatic goosefoot ({Chenopodium
Botrys}), common about houses and along roadsides.
Jerusalem sage (Bot.), a perennial herb of the Mint family
(Phlomis tuberosa).
Jerusalem thorn (Bot.), a spiny, leguminous tree
(Parkinsonia aculeata), widely dispersed in warm
countries, and used for hedges.
The New Jerusalem, Heaven; the Celestial City.
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Solanum Carolinense
(gcide) | Horse \Horse\ (h[^o]rs), n. [AS. hors; akin to OS. hros, D. &
OHG. ros, G. ross, Icel. hross; and perh. to L. currere to
run, E. course, current Cf. Walrus.]
1. (Zool.) A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus;
especially, the domestic horse (Equus caballus), which
was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a very early period.
It has six broad molars, on each side of each jaw, with
six incisors, and two canine teeth, both above and below.
The mares usually have the canine teeth rudimentary or
wanting. The horse differs from the true asses, in having
a long, flowing mane, and the tail bushy to the base.
Unlike the asses it has callosities, or chestnuts, on all
its legs. The horse excels in strength, speed, docility,
courage, and nobleness of character, and is used for
drawing, carrying, bearing a rider, and like purposes.
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Note: Many varieties, differing in form, size, color, gait,
speed, etc., are known, but all are believed to have
been derived from the same original species. It is
supposed to have been a native of the plains of Central
Asia, but the wild species from which it was derived is
not certainly known. The feral horses of America are
domestic horses that have run wild; and it is probably
true that most of those of Asia have a similar origin.
Some of the true wild Asiatic horses do, however,
approach the domestic horse in several characteristics.
Several species of fossil (Equus) are known from the
later Tertiary formations of Europe and America. The
fossil species of other genera of the family
Equid[ae] are also often called horses, in general
sense.
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2. The male of the genus Equus, in distinction from the
female or male; usually, a castrated male.
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3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural
termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished
from foot.
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The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five
thousand horse and foot. --Bacon.
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4. A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a
clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.
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5. A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers
were made to ride for punishment.
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6. Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a
horse; a hobby.
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7. (Mining) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same
character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a
vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a
vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance.
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8. (Naut.)
(a) See Footrope, a.
(b) A breastband for a leadsman.
(c) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.
(d) A jackstay. --W. C. Russell. --Totten.
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9. (Student Slang)
(a) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or
examination; -- called also trot, pony, Dobbin.
(b) Horseplay; tomfoolery.
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10. heroin. [slang]
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11. horsepower. [Colloq. contraction]
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Note: Horse is much used adjectively and in composition to
signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses,
like a horse, etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or
horse?dealer, horsehoe, horse jockey; and hence, often
in the sense of strong, loud, coarse, etc.; as,
horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay,
horse ant, etc.
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Black horse, Blood horse, etc. See under Black, etc.
Horse aloes, caballine aloes.
Horse ant (Zool.), a large ant (Formica rufa); -- called
also horse emmet.
Horse artillery, that portion of the artillery in which the
cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the
cavalry; flying artillery.
Horse balm (Bot.), a strong-scented labiate plant
(Collinsonia Canadensis), having large leaves and
yellowish flowers.
Horse bean (Bot.), a variety of the English or Windsor bean
(Faba vulgaris), grown for feeding horses.
Horse boat, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a
boat propelled by horses.
Horse bot. (Zool.) See Botfly, and Bots.
Horse box, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses,
as hunters. [Eng.]
Horse breaker or Horse trainer, one employed in subduing
or training horses for use.
Horse car.
(a) A railroad car drawn by horses. See under Car.
(b) A car fitted for transporting horses.
Horse cassia (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Cassia
Javanica}), bearing long pods, which contain a black,
catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse
medicine.
Horse cloth, a cloth to cover a horse.
Horse conch (Zool.), a large, spiral, marine shell of the
genus Triton. See Triton.
Horse courser.
(a) One that runs horses, or keeps horses for racing.
--Johnson.
(b) A dealer in horses. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
Horse crab (Zool.), the Limulus; -- called also
horsefoot, horsehoe crab, and king crab.
Horse crevall['e] (Zool.), the cavally.
Horse emmet (Zool.), the horse ant.
Horse finch (Zool.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]
Horse gentian (Bot.), fever root.
Horse iron (Naut.), a large calking iron.
Horse latitudes, a space in the North Atlantic famous for
calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds
of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav.
Encyc.
Horse mackrel. (Zool.)
(a) The common tunny (Orcynus thunnus), found on the
Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the
Mediterranean.
(b) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
(c) The scad.
(d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes,
as the California hake, the black candlefish, the
jurel, the bluefish, etc.
Horse marine (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a
mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang]
Horse mussel (Zool.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola
modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and
America.
Horse nettle (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the
Solanum Carolinense.
Horse parsley. (Bot.) See Alexanders.
Horse purslain (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical
America (Trianthema monogymnum).
Horse race, a race by horses; a match of horses in running
or trotting.
Horse racing, the practice of racing with horses.
Horse railroad, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by
horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States,
called a tramway.
Horse run (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded
wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power.
Horse sense, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.]
Horse soldier, a cavalryman.
Horse sponge (Zool.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge
(Spongia equina).
Horse stinger (Zool.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.]
Horse sugar (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the
United States (Symplocos tinctoria), whose leaves are
sweet, and good for fodder.
Horse tick (Zool.), a winged, dipterous insect ({Hippobosca
equina}), which troubles horses by biting them, and
sucking their blood; -- called also horsefly, {horse
louse}, and forest fly.
Horse vetch (Bot.), a plant of the genus Hippocrepis
(Hippocrepis comosa), cultivated for the beauty of its
flowers; -- called also horsehoe vetch, from the
peculiar shape of its pods.
Iron horse, a locomotive. [Colloq.]
Salt horse, the sailor's name for salt beef.
To look a gift horse in the mouth, to examine the mouth of
a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to
ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a
critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell.
To take horse.
(a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay.
(b) To be covered, as a mare.
(c) See definition 7 (above).
[1913 Webster]Nettle \Net"tle\, n. [AS. netele; akin to D. netel, G. nessel,
OHG. nezz["i]la, nazza, Dan. nelde, n[aum]lde, Sw.
n[aum]ssla; cf, Lith. notere.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp
hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation.
Urtica gracilis is common in the Northern, and {Urtica
chamaedryoides} in the Southern, United States. The common
European species, Urtica urens and Urtica dioica, are
also found in the Eastern united States. Urtica pilulifera
is the Roman nettle of England.
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Note: The term nettle has been given to many plants related
to, or to some way resembling, the true nettle; as:
Australian nettle, a stinging tree or shrub of the genus
Laportea (as Laportea gigas and Laportea moroides);
-- also called nettle tree.
Bee nettle, Hemp nettle, a species of Galeopsis. See
under Hemp.
Blind nettle, Dead nettle, a harmless species of
Lamium.
False nettle (Baehmeria cylindrica), a plant common in
the United States, and related to the true nettles.
Hedge nettle, a species of Stachys. See under Hedge.
Horse nettle (Solanum Carolinense). See under Horse.
nettle tree.
(a) Same as Hackberry.
(b) See Australian nettle (above).
Spurge nettle, a stinging American herb of the Spurge
family (Jatropha urens).
Wood nettle, a plant (Laportea Canadensis) which stings
severely, and is related to the true nettles.
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Nettle cloth, a kind of thick cotton stuff, japanned, and
used as a substitute for leather for various purposes.
Nettle rash (Med.), an eruptive disease resembling the
effects of whipping with nettles.
Sea nettle (Zool.), a medusa.
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Solanum dulcamara
(gcide) | Bittersweet \Bit"ter*sweet`\, n.
1. Anything which is bittersweet.
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2. A kind of apple so called. --Gower.
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3. (Bot.)
(a) A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries
(Solanum dulcamara); woody nightshade. The whole
plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish
and then bitter. The branches are the officinal
dulcamara.
(b) An American woody climber (Celastrus scandens),
whose yellow capsules open late in autumn, and
disclose the red aril which covers the seeds; -- also
called Roxbury waxwork.
[1913 Webster]Dulcamara \Dul`ca*ma"ra\, n. [NL., fr. L. dulcis sweet + amarus
bitter.] (Bot.)
A plant (Solanum Dulcamara). See Bittersweet, n., 3
(a) .
[1913 Webster]Dulcamarin \Dul`ca*ma"rin\, n. (Chem.)
A glucoside extracted from the bittersweet ({Solanum
Dulcamara}), as a yellow amorphous substance. It probably
occasions the compound taste. See Bittersweet, 3
(a) .
[1913 Webster]Felonwort \Fel"on*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
The bittersweet nightshade (Solanum Dulcamara). See
Bittersweet.
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Solanum Dulcamara
(gcide) | Bittersweet \Bit"ter*sweet`\, n.
1. Anything which is bittersweet.
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2. A kind of apple so called. --Gower.
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3. (Bot.)
(a) A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries
(Solanum dulcamara); woody nightshade. The whole
plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish
and then bitter. The branches are the officinal
dulcamara.
(b) An American woody climber (Celastrus scandens),
whose yellow capsules open late in autumn, and
disclose the red aril which covers the seeds; -- also
called Roxbury waxwork.
[1913 Webster]Dulcamara \Dul`ca*ma"ra\, n. [NL., fr. L. dulcis sweet + amarus
bitter.] (Bot.)
A plant (Solanum Dulcamara). See Bittersweet, n., 3
(a) .
[1913 Webster]Dulcamarin \Dul`ca*ma"rin\, n. (Chem.)
A glucoside extracted from the bittersweet ({Solanum
Dulcamara}), as a yellow amorphous substance. It probably
occasions the compound taste. See Bittersweet, 3
(a) .
[1913 Webster]Felonwort \Fel"on*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
The bittersweet nightshade (Solanum Dulcamara). See
Bittersweet.
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Solanum mammosum
(gcide) | Macaw \Ma*caw"\, n. [From the native name in the Antilles.]
(Zool.)
Any parrot of the genus Ara, Sittace, or Macrocercus.
About eighteen species are known, all of them found in
Central and South America. They are large and have a very
long tail, a strong hooked bill, and a naked space around the
eyes. The voice is harsh, and the colors are brilliant and
strongly contrasted; they are among the largest and showiest
of parrots. Different species names have been given to the
same macaw, as for example the Hyacinthine macaw, which has
been variously classified as Anodorhyncus hyacynthinus,
Anodorhyncus maximiliani, and Macrocercus hyacynthinus.
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Macaw bush (Bot.), a West Indian name for a prickly kind of
nightshade (Solanum mammosum).
Macaw palm, Macaw tree (Bot.), a tropical American palm
(Acrocomia fusiformis and other species) having a
prickly stem and pinnately divided leaves. Its nut yields
a yellow butter, with the perfume of violets, which is
used in making violet soap. Called also grugru palm.
[1913 Webster]Turkey \Tur"key\ (t[^u]r"k[=e]), n.; pl. Turkeys. [So called
because it was formerly erroneously believed that it came
originally from Turkey: cf. F. Turquie Turkey. See Turk.]
(Zool.)
Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus
Meleagris, especially the North American wild turkey
(Meleagris gallopavo), and the domestic turkey, which was
probably derived from the Mexican wild turkey, but had been
domesticated by the Indians long before the discovery of
America.
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Note: The Mexican wild turkey is now considered a variety of
the northern species (var. Mexicana). Its tail feathers
and coverts are tipped with white instead of brownish
chestnut, and its flesh is white. The Central American,
or ocellated, turkey (Meleagris ocellata) is more
elegantly colored than the common species. See under
Ocellated. The Australian, or native, turkey is a
bustard (Choriotis australis). See under Native.
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Turkey beard (Bot.), a name of certain American perennial
liliaceous herbs of the genus Xerophyllum. They have a
dense tuft of hard, narrowly linear radical leaves, and a
long raceme of small whitish flowers. Also called
turkey's beard.
Turkey berry (Bot.), a West Indian name for the fruit of
certain kinds of nightshade (Solanum mammosum, and
Solanum torvum).
Turkey bird (Zool.), the wryneck. So called because it
erects and ruffles the feathers of its neck when
disturbed. [Prov. Eng.]
Turkey buzzard (Zool.), a black or nearly black buzzard
(Cathartes aura), abundant in the Southern United
States. It is so called because its naked and warty head
and neck resemble those of a turkey. It is noted for its
high and graceful flight. Called also turkey vulture.
Turkey cock (Zool.), a male turkey.
Turkey hen (Zool.), a female turkey.
Turkey pout (Zool.), a young turkey. [R.]
Turkey vulture (Zool.), the turkey buzzard.
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Solanum melongena
(gcide) | Solanum \So*la"num\, prop. n. [L., nightshade.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants comprehending the potato ({Solanum
tuberosum}), the eggplant (Solanum melongena, and several
hundred other species; nightshade.
[1913 Webster]Mad-apple \Mad"-ap`ple\, Mad apple \Mad" ap`ple\, n.
1. (Bot.) The eggplant bush (Solanum melongena). See
Eggplant.
Syn: eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg,
Solanum melongena.
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2. The fruit of the eggplant bush, a large egg-shaped
vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but
occasionally white or yellow.
Syn: eggplant, aubergine.
[WordNet 1.5]eggplant \egg"plant`\, egg-plant \egg-plant\, n.
1. (Bot.) A plant (Solanum Melongena), of East Indian
origin, allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, glossy,
edible fruit, shaped somewhat like an egg; mad-apple. It
is widely cultivated for its fruit, commonly eaten as a
vegetable.
Syn: eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg,
mad apple, Solanum melongena.
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2. The fruit of the eggplant[1].
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Solanum Melongena
(gcide) | Solanum \So*la"num\, prop. n. [L., nightshade.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants comprehending the potato ({Solanum
tuberosum}), the eggplant (Solanum melongena, and several
hundred other species; nightshade.
[1913 Webster]Mad-apple \Mad"-ap`ple\, Mad apple \Mad" ap`ple\, n.
1. (Bot.) The eggplant bush (Solanum melongena). See
Eggplant.
Syn: eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg,
Solanum melongena.
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2. The fruit of the eggplant bush, a large egg-shaped
vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but
occasionally white or yellow.
Syn: eggplant, aubergine.
[WordNet 1.5]eggplant \egg"plant`\, egg-plant \egg-plant\, n.
1. (Bot.) A plant (Solanum Melongena), of East Indian
origin, allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, glossy,
edible fruit, shaped somewhat like an egg; mad-apple. It
is widely cultivated for its fruit, commonly eaten as a
vegetable.
Syn: eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg,
mad apple, Solanum melongena.
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2. The fruit of the eggplant[1].
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Solanum melongena
(gcide) | Solanum \So*la"num\, prop. n. [L., nightshade.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants comprehending the potato ({Solanum
tuberosum}), the eggplant (Solanum melongena, and several
hundred other species; nightshade.
[1913 Webster]Mad-apple \Mad"-ap`ple\, Mad apple \Mad" ap`ple\, n.
1. (Bot.) The eggplant bush (Solanum melongena). See
Eggplant.
Syn: eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg,
Solanum melongena.
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2. The fruit of the eggplant bush, a large egg-shaped
vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but
occasionally white or yellow.
Syn: eggplant, aubergine.
[WordNet 1.5]eggplant \egg"plant`\, egg-plant \egg-plant\, n.
1. (Bot.) A plant (Solanum Melongena), of East Indian
origin, allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, glossy,
edible fruit, shaped somewhat like an egg; mad-apple. It
is widely cultivated for its fruit, commonly eaten as a
vegetable.
Syn: eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg,
mad apple, Solanum melongena.
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2. The fruit of the eggplant[1].
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Solanum nigrum
(gcide) | Solanine \Sol"a*nine\, n. [L. solanum nightshade.] (Chem.)
A poisonous alkaloid glucoside extracted from the berries of
common nightshade (Solanum nigrum), and of bittersweet, and
from potato sprouts, as a white crystalline substance having
an acrid, burning taste; -- called also solonia, and
solanina.
[1913 Webster]Nightshade \Night"shade`\, n. [AS. nichtscadu.] (Bot.)
A common name of many species of the genus Solanum, given
esp. to the Solanum nigrum, or black nightshade, a low,
branching weed with small white flowers and black berries
reputed to be poisonous.
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Deadly nightshade. Same as Belladonna
(a) .
Enchanter's nightshade. See under Enchanter.
Stinking nightshade. See Henbane.
Three-leaved nightshade. See Trillium.
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Solanum Pseudo-capsicum
(gcide) | Jerusalem \Je*ru"sa*lem\ (j[-e]*r[udd]"s[.a]*l[e^]m), n. [Gr.
'Ieroysalh`m, fr. Heb. Y[e^]r[=u]sh[=a]laim.]
The chief city of Palestine, intimately associated with the
glory of the Jewish nation, and the life and death of Jesus
Christ.
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Jerusalem artichoke [Perh. a corrupt. of It. girasole i.e.,
sunflower, or turnsole. See Gyre, Solar.] (Bot.)
(a) An American plant, a perennial species of sunflower
(Helianthus tuberosus), whose tubers are sometimes used
as food.
(b) One of the tubers themselves.
Jerusalem cherry (Bot.), the popular name of either of two
species of Solanum (Solanum Pseudo-capsicum and
Solanum capsicastrum), cultivated as ornamental house
plants. They bear bright red berries of about the size of
cherries.
Jerusalem oak (Bot.), an aromatic goosefoot ({Chenopodium
Botrys}), common about houses and along roadsides.
Jerusalem sage (Bot.), a perennial herb of the Mint family
(Phlomis tuberosa).
Jerusalem thorn (Bot.), a spiny, leguminous tree
(Parkinsonia aculeata), widely dispersed in warm
countries, and used for hedges.
The New Jerusalem, Heaven; the Celestial City.
[1913 Webster]madeira winter cherry \madeira winter cherry\ n. (Bot.)
A small South American shrub (Solanum pseudocapsicum)
cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but
poisonous red or yellow cherrylike fruit.
Syn: Jerusalem cherry, winter cherry, Madeira winter cherry,
Solanum pseudocapsicum.
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Solanum pseudocapsicum
(gcide) | Jerusalem \Je*ru"sa*lem\ (j[-e]*r[udd]"s[.a]*l[e^]m), n. [Gr.
'Ieroysalh`m, fr. Heb. Y[e^]r[=u]sh[=a]laim.]
The chief city of Palestine, intimately associated with the
glory of the Jewish nation, and the life and death of Jesus
Christ.
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Jerusalem artichoke [Perh. a corrupt. of It. girasole i.e.,
sunflower, or turnsole. See Gyre, Solar.] (Bot.)
(a) An American plant, a perennial species of sunflower
(Helianthus tuberosus), whose tubers are sometimes used
as food.
(b) One of the tubers themselves.
Jerusalem cherry (Bot.), the popular name of either of two
species of Solanum (Solanum Pseudo-capsicum and
Solanum capsicastrum), cultivated as ornamental house
plants. They bear bright red berries of about the size of
cherries.
Jerusalem oak (Bot.), an aromatic goosefoot ({Chenopodium
Botrys}), common about houses and along roadsides.
Jerusalem sage (Bot.), a perennial herb of the Mint family
(Phlomis tuberosa).
Jerusalem thorn (Bot.), a spiny, leguminous tree
(Parkinsonia aculeata), widely dispersed in warm
countries, and used for hedges.
The New Jerusalem, Heaven; the Celestial City.
[1913 Webster]madeira winter cherry \madeira winter cherry\ n. (Bot.)
A small South American shrub (Solanum pseudocapsicum)
cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but
poisonous red or yellow cherrylike fruit.
Syn: Jerusalem cherry, winter cherry, Madeira winter cherry,
Solanum pseudocapsicum.
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Solanum Quitoense
(gcide) | Orange \Or"ange\ ([o^]r"[e^]nj), n. [F.; cf. It. arancia,
arancio, LL. arangia, Sp. naranjia, Pg. laranja; all fr. Ar.
n[=a]ranj, Per. n[=a]ranj, n[=a]rang; cf. Skr. n[=a]ranga
orange tree. The o- in F. orange is due to confusion with or
gold, L. aurum, because the orange resembles gold in color.]
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1. The fruit of a tree of the genus Citrus ({Citrus
Aurantium}). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy
carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery
rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow
when ripe.
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Note: There are numerous varieties of oranges; as, the
bitter orange, which is supposed to be the original
stock; the navel orange, which has the rudiment of a
second orange imbedded in the top of the fruit; the
blood orange, with a reddish juice; and the {horned
orange}, in which the carpels are partly separated.
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2. (Bot.) The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree.
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3. The color of an orange; reddish yellow.
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Mandarin orange. See Mandarin.
Mock orange (Bot.), any species of shrubs of the genus
Philadelphus, which have whitish and often fragrant
blossoms.
Native orange, or Orange thorn (Bot.), an Australian
shrub (Citriobatus parviflorus); also, its edible yellow
berries.
Orange bird (Zool.), a tanager of Jamaica (Tanagra zena);
-- so called from its bright orange breast.
Orange cowry (Zool.), a large, handsome cowry ({Cypraea
aurantia}), highly valued by collectors of shells on
account of its rarity.
Orange grass (Bot.), an inconspicuous annual American plant
(Hypericum Sarothra), having minute, deep yellow
flowers.
Orange oil (Chem.), an oily, terpenelike substance obtained
from orange rind, and distinct from neroli oil, which is
obtained from the flowers.
Orange pekoe, a kind of black tea.
Orange pippin, an orange-colored apple with acid flavor.
Quito orange, the orangelike fruit of a shrubby species of
nightshade (Solanum Quitoense), native in Quito.
Orange scale (Zool.) any species of scale insects which
infests orange trees; especially, the purple scale
(Mytilaspis citricola), the long scale ({Mytilaspis
Gloveri}), and the red scale (Aspidiotus Aurantii).
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Solanum Sodomaeum
(gcide) | Apple \Ap"ple\ ([a^]p"p'l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [ae]ppel,
[ae]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G.
apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. [aum]ple, Dan. [ae]ble, Gael. ubhall,
W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[*u]lys, Russ. iabloko; of
unknown origin.]
1. The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree ({Pyrus
malus}) cultivated in numberless varieties in the
temperate zones.
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Note: The European crab apple is supposed to be the original
kind, from which all others have sprung.
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2. (bot.) Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken
into the base of the fruit; an apple tree.
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3. Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or
supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or
love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple.
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4. Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold.
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Note: Apple is used either adjectively or in combination; as,
apple paper or apple-paper, apple-shaped, apple
blossom, apple dumpling, apple pudding.
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Apple blight, an aphid which injures apple trees. See
Blight, n.
Apple borer (Zool.), a coleopterous insect ({Saperda
candida} or Saperda bivittata), the larva of which bores
into the trunk of the apple tree and pear tree.
Apple brandy, brandy made from apples.
Apple butter, a sauce made of apples stewed down in cider.
--Bartlett.
Apple corer, an instrument for removing the cores from
apples.
Apple fly (Zool.), any dipterous insect, the larva of which
burrows in apples. Apple flies belong to the genera
Drosophila and Trypeta.
Apple midge (Zool.) a small dipterous insect ({Sciara
mali}), the larva of which bores in apples.
Apple of the eye, the pupil.
Apple of discord, a subject of contention and envy, so
called from the mythological golden apple, inscribed "For
the fairest," which was thrown into an assembly of the
gods by Eris, the goddess of discord. It was contended for
by Juno, Minerva, and Venus, and was adjudged to the
latter.
Apple of love, or Love apple, the tomato ({Lycopersicum
esculentum}).
Apple of Peru, a large coarse herb (Nicandra physaloides)
bearing pale blue flowers, and a bladderlike fruit
inclosing a dry berry.
Apples of Sodom, a fruit described by ancient writers as
externally of fair appearance but dissolving into smoke
and ashes when plucked; Dead Sea apples. The name is often
given to the fruit of Solanum Sodom[ae]um, a prickly
shrub with fruit not unlike a small yellow tomato.
Apple sauce, stewed apples. [U. S.]
Apple snail or Apple shell (Zool.), a fresh-water,
operculated, spiral shell of the genus Ampullaria.
Apple tart, a tart containing apples.
Apple tree, a tree which naturally bears apples. See
Apple, 2.
Apple wine, cider.
Apple worm (Zool.), the larva of a small moth ({Carpocapsa
pomonella}) which burrows in the interior of apples. See
Codling moth.
Dead Sea Apple.
(a) pl. Apples of Sodom. Also Fig. "To seek the Dead Sea
apples of politics." --S. B. Griffin.
(b) A kind of gallnut coming from Arabia. See Gallnut.
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Solanum torvum
(gcide) | Turkey \Tur"key\ (t[^u]r"k[=e]), n.; pl. Turkeys. [So called
because it was formerly erroneously believed that it came
originally from Turkey: cf. F. Turquie Turkey. See Turk.]
(Zool.)
Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus
Meleagris, especially the North American wild turkey
(Meleagris gallopavo), and the domestic turkey, which was
probably derived from the Mexican wild turkey, but had been
domesticated by the Indians long before the discovery of
America.
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Note: The Mexican wild turkey is now considered a variety of
the northern species (var. Mexicana). Its tail feathers
and coverts are tipped with white instead of brownish
chestnut, and its flesh is white. The Central American,
or ocellated, turkey (Meleagris ocellata) is more
elegantly colored than the common species. See under
Ocellated. The Australian, or native, turkey is a
bustard (Choriotis australis). See under Native.
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Turkey beard (Bot.), a name of certain American perennial
liliaceous herbs of the genus Xerophyllum. They have a
dense tuft of hard, narrowly linear radical leaves, and a
long raceme of small whitish flowers. Also called
turkey's beard.
Turkey berry (Bot.), a West Indian name for the fruit of
certain kinds of nightshade (Solanum mammosum, and
Solanum torvum).
Turkey bird (Zool.), the wryneck. So called because it
erects and ruffles the feathers of its neck when
disturbed. [Prov. Eng.]
Turkey buzzard (Zool.), a black or nearly black buzzard
(Cathartes aura), abundant in the Southern United
States. It is so called because its naked and warty head
and neck resemble those of a turkey. It is noted for its
high and graceful flight. Called also turkey vulture.
Turkey cock (Zool.), a male turkey.
Turkey hen (Zool.), a female turkey.
Turkey pout (Zool.), a young turkey. [R.]
Turkey vulture (Zool.), the turkey buzzard.
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Solanum tuberosum
(gcide) | Solanum \So*la"num\, prop. n. [L., nightshade.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants comprehending the potato ({Solanum
tuberosum}), the eggplant (Solanum melongena, and several
hundred other species; nightshade.
[1913 Webster]Potato \Po*ta"to\, n.; pl. Potatoes. [Sp. patata potato,
batata sweet potato, from the native American name (probably
batata) in Hayti.] (Bot.)
(a) A plant (Solanum tuberosum) of the Nightshade
family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of which
there are numerous varieties used for food. It is
native of South America, but a form of the species is
found native as far north as New Mexico.
(b) The sweet potato (see below).
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Potato beetle, Potato bug. (Zool.)
(a) A beetle (Doryphora decemlineata) which feeds, both
in the larval and adult stages, upon the leaves of the
potato, often doing great damage. Called also
Colorado potato beetle, and Doryphora. See
Colorado beetle.
(b) The Lema trilineata, a smaller and more slender
striped beetle which feeds upon the potato plant, bur
does less injury than the preceding species.
Potato fly (Zool.), any one of several species of blister
beetles infesting the potato vine. The black species
(Lytta atrata), the striped (Lytta vittata), and the
gray (Lytta Fabricii syn. Lytta cinerea) are the most
common. See Blister beetle, under Blister.
Potato rot, a disease of the tubers of the potato, supposed
to be caused by a kind of mold (Peronospora infestans),
which is first seen upon the leaves and stems.
Potato weevil (Zool.), an American weevil ({Baridius
trinotatus}) whose larva lives in and kills the stalks of
potato vines, often causing serious damage to the crop.
Potato whisky, a strong, fiery liquor, having a hot, smoky
taste, and rich in amyl alcohol (fusel oil); it is made
from potatoes or potato starch.
Potato worm (Zool.), the large green larva of a sphinx, or
hawk moth (Macrosila quinquemaculata); -- called also
tomato worm. See Illust. under Tomato.
Seaside potato (Bot.), Ipom[oe]a Pes-Capr[ae], a kind of
morning-glory with rounded and emarginate or bilobed
leaves. [West Indies]
Sweet potato (Bot.), a climbing plant (Ipom[oe]a Balatas)
allied to the morning-glory. Its farinaceous tubers have a
sweetish taste, and are used, when cooked, for food. It is
probably a native of Brazil, but is cultivated extensively
in the warmer parts of every continent, and even as far
north as New Jersey. The name potato was applied to this
plant before it was to the Solanum tuberosum, and this
is the "potato" of the Southern United States.
Wild potato. (Bot.)
(a) A vine (Ipom[oe]a pandurata) having a pale purplish
flower and an enormous root. It is common in sandy
places in the United States.
(b) A similar tropical American plant ({Ipom[oe]a
fastigiata}) which it is thought may have been the
original stock of the sweet potato.
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genus solanum
(wn) | genus Solanum
n 1: type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant;
bittersweet [syn: Solanum, genus Solanum] |
solanum
(wn) | Solanum
n 1: type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant;
bittersweet [syn: Solanum, genus Solanum] |
solanum aviculare
(wn) | Solanum aviculare
n 1: Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of
purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruit [syn:
kangaroo apple, poroporo, Solanum aviculare] |
solanum burbankii
(wn) | Solanum burbankii
n 1: improved garden variety of black nightshade having small
edible orange or black berries [syn: garden huckleberry,
wonderberry, sunberry, Solanum nigrum guineese,
Solanum melanocerasum, Solanum burbankii] |
solanum carolinense
(wn) | Solanum carolinense
n 1: coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow
berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern
United States [syn: horse nettle, ball nettle, {bull
nettle}, ball nightshade, Solanum carolinense] |
solanum commersonii
(wn) | Solanum commersonii
n 1: South American potato vine [syn: Uruguay potato, {Uruguay
potato vine}, Solanum commersonii] |
solanum crispum
(wn) | Solanum crispum
n 1: hardy climbing shrub of Chile grown as an ornamental for
its fragrant flowers; not a true potato [syn: {potato
tree}, Solanum crispum] |
solanum dulcamara
(wn) | Solanum dulcamara
n 1: poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers
and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North
America [syn: bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade,
climbing nightshade, deadly nightshade, {poisonous
nightshade}, woody nightshade, Solanum dulcamara] |
solanum elaeagnifolium
(wn) | Solanum elaeagnifolium
n 1: weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or
white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk;
central United States to South America [syn: trompillo,
white horse nettle, prairie berry, purple nightshade,
silverleaf nightshade, silver-leaved nightshade,
silver-leaved nettle, Solanum elaeagnifolium] |
solanum giganteum
(wn) | Solanum giganteum
n 1: woolly-stemmed biennial arborescent shrub of tropical
Africa and southern Asia having silvery-white prickly
branches, clusters of blue or white flowers, and bright red
berries resembling holly berries [syn: African holly,
Solanum giganteum] |
solanum jamesii
(wn) | Solanum jamesii
n 1: erect or spreading perennial of southwestern United States
and Mexico bearing small pale brown to cream-colored tubers
resembling potatoes [syn: wild potato, Solanum jamesii] |
solanum jasmoides
(wn) | Solanum jasmoides
n 1: copiously branched vine of Brazil having deciduous leaves
and white flowers tinged with blue [syn: potato vine,
Solanum jasmoides] |
solanum macranthum
(wn) | Solanum macranthum
n 1: South American shrub or small tree widely cultivated in the
tropics; not a true potato [syn: potato tree, {Brazilian
potato tree}, Solanum wrightii, Solanum macranthum] |
solanum melanocerasum
(wn) | Solanum melanocerasum
n 1: improved garden variety of black nightshade having small
edible orange or black berries [syn: garden huckleberry,
wonderberry, sunberry, Solanum nigrum guineese,
Solanum melanocerasum, Solanum burbankii] |
solanum melongena
(wn) | Solanum melongena
n 1: hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely
cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used
as a vegetable [syn: eggplant, aubergine, brinjal,
eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, {Solanum
melongena}] |
solanum nigrum
(wn) | Solanum nigrum
n 1: Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers
and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that
are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible [syn: {black
nightshade}, common nightshade, poisonberry, {poison-
berry}, Solanum nigrum] |
solanum nigrum guineese
(wn) | Solanum nigrum guineese
n 1: improved garden variety of black nightshade having small
edible orange or black berries [syn: garden huckleberry,
wonderberry, sunberry, Solanum nigrum guineese,
Solanum melanocerasum, Solanum burbankii] |
solanum pseudocapsicum
(wn) | Solanum pseudocapsicum
n 1: small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for
its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-
sized fruit [syn: Jerusalem cherry, winter cherry,
Madeira winter cherry, Solanum pseudocapsicum] |
solanum quitoense
(wn) | Solanum quitoense
n 1: small perennial shrub cultivated in uplands of South
America for its edible bright orange fruits resembling
tomatoes or oranges [syn: naranjilla, {Solanum
quitoense}] |
solanum rostratum
(wn) | Solanum rostratum
n 1: North American nightshade with prickly foliage and racemose
yellow flowers [syn: buffalo bur, Solanum rostratum] |
solanum tuberosum
(wn) | Solanum tuberosum
n 1: annual native to South America having underground stolons
bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a
garden vegetable; vines are poisonous [syn: potato,
white potato, white potato vine, Solanum tuberosum] |
solanum wendlandii
(wn) | Solanum wendlandii
n 1: vine of Costa Rica sparsely armed with hooklike spines and
having large lilac-blue flowers [syn: potato vine, {giant
potato creeper}, Solanum wendlandii] |
solanum wrightii
(wn) | Solanum wrightii
n 1: South American shrub or small tree widely cultivated in the
tropics; not a true potato [syn: potato tree, {Brazilian
potato tree}, Solanum wrightii, Solanum macranthum] |
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