ENCHANTER'S NIGHTSHADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does enchanter's nightshade mean? 

• ENCHANTER'S NIGHTSHADE (noun)
  The noun ENCHANTER'S NIGHTSHADE has 1 sense:

1. any of several erect perennial rhizomatous herbs of the genus Circaea having white flowers that open at dawn; northern hemisphere

  Familiarity information: ENCHANTER'S NIGHTSHADE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENCHANTER'S NIGHTSHADE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several erect perennial rhizomatous herbs of the genus Circaea having white flowers that open at dawn; northern hemisphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("enchanter's nightshade" is a kind of...):

evening primrose (any of several plants of the family Onagraceae)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "enchanter's nightshade"):

Alpine enchanter's nightshade; Circaea alpina (an Alpine variety of enchanter's nightshade)

Circaea lutetiana (tall evening primrose with inconspicuous flowers)

Holonyms ("enchanter's nightshade" is a member of...):

Circaea; genus Circaea (enchanter's nightshade)