Lexic.us

Definition of Solanum tuberosum

1. Noun. Annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Solanum Tuberosum

Literary usage of Solanum tuberosum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"Other important papers on the tuberous species are Berthault, Recher- ches botaniques sur les varietes cultivees du solanum tuberosum et les ..."

2. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1902)
"solanum tuberosum. solanum tuberosum. Potato. Ar. 0. Solanaceae. Tincture of the berries. Tincture of green potatoes. Tincture of fresh plant. Clinical. ..."

3. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"... was introduced into Europe in 1560-1570, and was FIG. 316. Potato (Solanum tuberosum). Cross section of tuber showing cork cells and starch parenchyma. ..."

4. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Theodore Mohr (1901)
"solanum tuberosum L. IRISH Рот> America. The early red and white sorts on the truck farms near the coast for earl у ..."

5. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1902)
"Abdomen.—Very acute pains in lower abdomen. 26. Sleep.—Somnolence. solanum tuberosum. solanum tuberosum. Potato. N. 0. Solanaceae. Tincture of the berries. ..."

6. Managing Natural Resources for Sustainable Livelihoods: Uniting Science and by Barry Pound (2003)
"... implementing an innovative community approach to the control of bacterial wilt (Pseudomonas solanacearum) of potatoes (solanum tuberosum) Barry Pound, ..."

7. Genetic Manipulation in Crops: Proceedings of the International Symposium on by International Rice Research Institute (1988)
"The Teratomas of solanum tuberosum and Brassica campestris and Regeneration of Tumour Tissues in vitro Qin Changle and Li Xianghui Institute of Genetics, ..."

8. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1808)
"On raising new and early Varieties of the Potato (solanum tuberosum). By THOMAS ANDREW KNIGHT, Esq. FRSSfc*. JL HE potato contributes to afford food to so ..."

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