a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to plants of the natural order Solanaceae, of which the nightshade (Solanum) is the type. The order includes also the tobacco, ground cherry, tomato, eggplant, red pepper, and many more. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A solan goose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Sallenders. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Icel. s&unr_;la; akin to Norw. sula. ] (Zool.) The common gannet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. ] (Chem.) Solanine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Solanine. ] (Chem.) An alkaloid produced by the action of hydrochloric acid on solanidine, as a tasteless yellow crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Solanine. ] (Chem.) An alkaloid produced by the decomposition of solanine, as a white crystalline substance having a harsh bitter taste. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

‖[ Sp., fr. L. solanus (sc. ventus), from sol the sun. ] A hot, oppressive wind which sometimes blows in the Mediterranean, particularly on the eastern coast of Spain. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Solanum + -oid. ] (Med.) Resembling a potato; -- said of a kind of cancer. [ 1913 Webster ]