noun
1. South American shrub or small tree widely cultivated in the tropics; not a true potato
• Syn: ↑Brazilian potato tree, ↑Solanum wrightii, ↑Solanum macranthum
• Member Holonyms: ↑Solanum, ↑genus Solanum
2. hardy climbing shrub of Chile grown as an ornamental for its fragrant flowers; not a true potato
• Syn: ↑Solanum crispum
• Hypernyms: ↑vine
• Member Holonyms: ↑Solanum, ↑genus Solanum
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noun : any of several arborescent or nearly arborescent plants of the genus Solanum (as the Brazilian S. macranthum and the Chilean S. crispum) none of which are true potatoes
Useful english dictionary. 2012.