Word Meanings - SOLANACEOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to plants of the natural order Solanaceæ, of which the nightshade is the type. The order includes also the tobacco, ground cherry, tomato, eggplant, red pepper, and many more.

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• GROUNDWORK
  That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden.
• NATURALIST
  1. One versed in natural science; a student of natural history, esp. of the natural history of animals. 2. One who holds or maintains the doctrine of naturalism in religion. H. Bushnell.
• GROUNDEN
  p. p. of Grind. Chaucer.
• NATURAL STEEL
  Steel made by the direct refining of cast iron in a finery, or, as wootz, by a direct process from the ore.
• GROUNDNUT
  The fruit of the Arachis hypogæa ; the peanut; the earthnut. A leguminous, twining plant , producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste. The dwarf ginseng . Gray. A European plant of the genus
• TOBACCONING
  Smoking tobacco. "Tobacconing is but a smoky play." Sylvester.
• PEPPERBRAND
  See BUNT
• TOBACCONIST
  1. A dealer in tobacco; also, a manufacturer of tobacco. 2. A smoker of tobacco. Sylvester.
• GROUNDLESS
  Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for support; not authorized; false; as, groundless fear; a groundless report or assertion. -- Ground"less*ly, adv. -- Ground"less*ness, n.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• NATURAL
  Belonging to, to be taken in, or referred to, some system, in which the base is 1; -- said or certain functions or numbers; as, natural numbers, those commencing at 1; natural sines, cosines, etc., those taken in arcs whose radii are 1. (more info)
• EGGPLANT
  A plant , of East Indian origin, allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, smooth, edible fruit, shaped somewhat like an egg; mad-apple.
• NATURALIZE
  1. To make natural; as, custom naturalizes labor or study. 2. To confer the rights and privileges of a native subject or citizen on; to make as if native; to adopt, as a foreigner into a nation or state, and place in the condition of
• NIGHTSHADE
  A common name of many species of the genus Solanum, given esp. to the Solanum nigrum, or black nightshade, a low, branching weed with small white flowers and black berries reputed to be poisonous. Deadly nightshade. Same as Belladonna
• PEPPERCORN
  1. A dried berry of the black pepper . 2. Anything insignificant; a particle.
• ORDERLY
  1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan. Milton. 2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly community. 3. Performed in good
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• NATURALNESS
  The state or quality of being natural; conformity to nature.
• PEPPERING
  Hot; pungent; peppery. Swift.
• PEPPERMINT
  An aromatic and pungent plant of the genus Mentha (M. piperita), much used in medicine and confectionery. 2. A volatile oil distilled from the fresh herb; also, a well-known essence or spirit obtained from it. 3. A lozenge of sugar flavored
• MISGROUND
  To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall.
• SUPERNATURALNESS
  The quality or state of being supernatural.
• SIPHONOSTOMATOUS
  Having the front edge of the aperture of the shell prolonged in the shape of a channel for the protection of the siphon; -- said of certain gastropods. Pertaining to the Siphonostomata.
• UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
  Wildcat insurance.
• STOMATOPLASTIC
  Of or pertaining to the operation of forming a mouth where the aperture has been contracted, or in any way deformed.
• PRETERNATURALITY
  Preternaturalness. Dr. John Smith.
• PLAYGROUND
  A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.
• IMBORDER
  To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.
• STOMATODE
  Having a mouth; -- applied to certain Protozoa. -- n.
• MISORDER
  To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly. Shak.
• CHOKECHERRY
  The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry (Prunus Virginiana); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit.
• FOREGROUND
  On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture, or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is nearest to the spectator, and therefore occupies the lowest part of the work of art itself. Cf. Distance, n., 6.
• ACCORDER
  One who accords, assents, or concedes.