Meaning : 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, and Solandra.
Synonyms : family solanaceae, solanaceae