enchanter's nightshade

English

Noun

enchanter's nightshade (plural enchanter's nightshades)

1. 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.