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solanaceous vegetable

DEFINITIONS OF: solanaceous vegetable

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n any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum, Capsicum, and Lycopersicon

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Irish potato, murphy, potato, spud, tater, white potato
an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
aubergine, eggplant, mad apple
egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow
pepper
sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum
tomato
mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable
Mexican husk tomato, husk tomato, tomatillo
small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
baked potato
potato that has been cooked by baking it in an oven
chips, french fries, french-fried potatoes, fries
strips of potato fried in deep fat
home fries, home-fried potatoes
sliced pieces of potato fried in a pan until brown and crisp
mashed potato
potato that has been peeled and boiled and then mashed
Uruguay potato
similar to the common potato
sweet pepper
large mild crisp thick-walled capsicum peppers usually bell-shaped or somewhat oblong; commonly used in salads
hot pepper
any of various pungent capsicum fruits
beefsteak tomato
any of several large tomatoes with thick flesh
cherry tomato
small red to yellow tomatoes
Type of:
veg, vegetable, veggie
edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
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