SOLANOID
Sol"a*noid, a. Etym: [Solanum + -oid.] (Med.)
Defn: Resembling a potato; — said of a kind of cancer.
SOLANUM
So*la"num, n. Etym: [L., nightshade.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of plants comprehending the potato (S. tuberosum), the eggplant (S. melongena, and several hundred other species; nightshade.
SOLAR So"lar, n. Etym: [OE. soler, AS. solere, L. solarium, from sol the sun. See Solar, a.]
Defn: A loft or upper chamber; a garret room. [Obs.] [Written also soler, solere, sollar.] Oxf. Gloss.
SOLAR So"lar, a. Etym: [L. solaris, fr. sol the sun; akin to As. s, Icel. s, Goth. sauil, Lith. saule, W. haul,. sul, Skr. svar, perhaps to E. sun:F. solaire. Cf. Parasol. Sun.]
1. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun; as, the solar system; solar light; solar rays; solar influence. See Solar system, below.
2. (Astrol.)
Defn: Born under the predominant influence of the sun. [Obs.]
And proud beside, as solar people are. Dryden.