solanum

From the genus name.

solanum (plural solanums)

1. (botany) Any plant in the genus Solanum.
2. (East Africa) A traditional green vegetable in the genus Solanum, specifically Solanum nigrum, and sometimes Solanum macrocarpon, Solanum scabrun, and Solanum villosum.

• monauls

First used by Pliny. Possible etymologies include:

• sōl (“sun”) +‎ -ānus
• sōlor (“to comfort, soothe”) +‎ -nus.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /soːˈlaː.num/, [soːˈɫaː.nũ]

sōlānum n (genitive sōlānī); second declension

1. a plant: nightshade

Second declension.

• solanum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• solanum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)