enchanter's nightshade
English
Noun
enchanter's nightshade (plural enchanter's nightshades)
- Any of the genus Circaea of perennial plants, having opposite and petiolate leaves
- 2012 July 10, Helen Yemm, “Thorny problems: getting rid of liverwort and enchanter's nightshade”, in The Telegraph:
- Given space and the right conditions, however, enchanter’s nightshade does spread by fine, brittle, white running rhizomes.
Derived terms
- broad-leaved enchanter's nightshade
- Canada enchanter's nightshade
- eastern enchanter's nightshade
- small enchanter's nightshade
References
- “enchanter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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