enchanter's nightshade

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enchanter's nightshade - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Nightshade \Night"shade`\, n. [AS. nichtscadu.] (Bot.)
     A common name of many species of the genus Solanum, given
     esp. to the Solanum nigrum, or black nightshade, a low,
     branching weed with small white flowers and black berries
     reputed to be poisonous.
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     Deadly nightshade. Same as Belladonna
     (a) .
  
     Enchanter's nightshade. See under Enchanter.
  
     Stinking nightshade. See Henbane.
  
     Three-leaved nightshade. See Trillium.
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  Enchanter \En*chant"er\, n. [Cf. F. enchanteur.]
     One who enchants; a sorcerer or magician; also, one who
     delights as by an enchantment.
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           Like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing.   --Shelley.
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     Enchanter's nightshade (Bot.), a genus (Circ[ae]a) of low
        inconspicuous, perennial plants, found in damp, shady
        places.
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enchanter's nightshade - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  enchanter's nightshade
      n 1: any of several erect perennial rhizomatous herbs of the
           genus Circaea having white flowers that open at dawn;
           northern hemisphere