CIRCAEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Circaea mean? 

• CIRCAEA (noun)
  The noun CIRCAEA has 1 sense:

1. enchanter's nightshade

  Familiarity information: CIRCAEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CIRCAEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Enchanter's nightshade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Circaea; genus Circaea

Hypernyms ("Circaea" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Circaea"):

enchanter's nightshade (any of several erect perennial rhizomatous herbs of the genus Circaea having white flowers that open at dawn; northern hemisphere)

Holonyms ("Circaea" is a member of...):

evening-primrose family; family Onagraceae; Onagraceae (a large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales)