solanine (countable and uncountable, plural solanines)
(organic compound) A poisonous glycoalkaloid found in many species of the nightshade family Solanaceae, including potato and tomato.
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Source: Wiktionary
Sol"a*nine, n. Etym: [L. solanum nightshade.] (Chem.)
Definition: A poisonous alkaloid glucoside extracted from the berries of common nightshade (Solanum nigrum), and of bittersweet, and from potato sprouts, as a white crystalline substance having an acrid, burning taste; -- called also solonia, and solanina.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 December 2024
(noun) a forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (often for days at a time)
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
