səˈlānəm, -län- noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, nightshade, probably from sol sun + -anum, neuter of -anus -an
1. capitalized : the type genus of Solanaceae comprising herbs, trees, and shrubs that are widely distributed in tropical and temperate regions, have often prickly-veined leaves, cymose white, purple, or yellow flowers with a rotate corolla and five stamens with long connivent anthers, and a fruit that is a berry, and include several important food and ornamental plants — see eggplant , potato ; bittersweet , jerusalem cherry ; compare lycopersicon
2. -s : any plant of the genus Solanum