enchanter's nightshade
English
Etymology
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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
- alpine enchanter's nightshade (Circaea alpina)
- broad-leaved enchanter's nightshade (Circaea canadensis, C. lutetiana)
- Canada enchanter's nightshade (Circaea canadensis)
- eastern enchanter's nightshade (Circaea canadensis)
- Himalayan enchanter's nightshade (Circaea alpina ssp. imaicola)
- Pacific enchanter's nightshade (Circaea alpina ssp. pacifica)
- small enchanter's nightshade (Circaea alpina)
- upland enchanter's nightshade (Circaea × intermedia)
References
- “enchanter's nightshade”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- enchanter's nightshade on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Circaea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Circaea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- “enchanter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.