potato family
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(noun) large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum; Atropa; Brugmansia; Capsicum; Datura; Hyoscyamus; Lycopersicon; Nicotiana; Petunia; Physalis; Solandra |
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Synonyms: Solanaceae, family Solanaceae |
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Related Words: asterid dicot family |
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