a. Bot. [f. mod.L. Solanace-æ, f. L. sōlānum nightshade.] Belonging to the Solanaceæ, an order of gamopetalous plants which includes the genera Solanum, Capsicum, Atropa, Hyoscyamus, etc.
1804. Med. Jrnl., XII. 519. The fruits of several solanaceous plants, as the pseudocapsicum, and the common capsicum.
1822–7. Good, Study Med. (1829), III. 309. The remark will apply to most of the narcotics, whether of the umbellate or solanaceous order.
1875. Athenæum, 24 July, 123/3. The influence of poisonous solanaceous plants,—especially belladonna,—on certain rodents and marsupials.
