a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to plants of the natural order
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
‖[ 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 ]