potato family

/pəˌteɪdoʊ ˌfæm(ə)li/
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Definitions of potato family
  1. 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, and Solandra
    synonyms: Solanaceae, family Solanaceae
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    type of:
    asterid dicot family
    family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
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