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enchanter's_nightshade

enchanter's nightshade

English

Noun

enchanter's nightshade (plural enchanter's nightshades)

  1. Any of the genus Circaea of low inconspicuous perennial plants, found in damp, shady places.
    • 2012, Helen Yemm, "Thorny problems: getting rid of liverwort and enchanter's nightshade" in The Telegraph, 10 July, 2012,
      Given space and the right conditions, however, enchanter’s nightshade does spread by fine, brittle, white running rhizomes.