Vocabulary : Solania to Solar parallax

Solania : Solanine.
Solanicine : An alkaloid produced by the action of hydrochloric acid on solanidine, as a tasteless yellow crystalline substance.
Solanidine : An alkaloid produced by the decomposition of solanine, as a white crystalline substance having a harsh bitter taste.
Solanine : A poisonous alkaloid glucoside extracted from the berries of common nightshade (Solanum nigrum), and of bittersweet, and from potato sprouts, as a white crystalline substance having an acrid, burning taste; -- called also solonia, and solanina.
Solano : A hot, oppressive wind which sometimes blows in the Mediterranean, particularly on the eastern coast of Spain.

Solanoid : Resembling a potato; -- said of a kind of cancer.
Solanum : A genus of plants comprehending the potato (S. tuberosum), the eggplant (S. melongena, and several hundred other species; nightshade.
Solar : A loft or upper chamber; a garret room. ;; Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun; as, the solar system; solar light; solar rays; solar influence. See Solar system, below. ;; Born under the predominant influence of the sun. ;; Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the ecliptic; as, the solar year. ;; Produced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected by its influence.
Solar myth : A myth which essentially consists of allegory based upon ideas as to the sun's course, motion, influence, or the like.
Solar parallax : The parallax of the sun, that is, the angle subtended at the sun by the semidiameter of the earth. It is 8."80, and is the fundamental datum.

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