n pl :  a large and economically important family of widely distributed, often strongly scented, and sometimes narcotic herbs, shrubs, or trees (order Polemoniales) that include tomatoes, potatoes, nightshades, jimsonweed, and belladonna - see ATROPA CAPSICUM HYOSCYAMUS NICOTIANA SOLANUM  .
 
 
 
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