Solanine is a glycoalkaloid poison found in species of the nightshade family (Solanaceae), such as the potato (Solanum tuberosum) and the tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). It can occur naturally in any part of the plant, including the leaves, fruit, and tubers. Solanine has fungicidal and pesticidal properties, and it is one of the plant`s natural d....
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• (n.) 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.
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(from the article `tomato`) ...as a relative of the poisons belladonna and deadly nightshade, it was regarded with suspicion as a food. (The roots and leaves of the tomato plant ... ...and England is Solanum dulcamara (see photograph), also called bittersweet and woody nightshade. Its foliage and egg-shaped red berries are ... A gree...
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Sol'a·nine noun [ Latin
solanum nightshade.]
(Chemistry) 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
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