資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
{Deadly nightshade}. Same as {Belladonna}
(a) .
{Enchanter's nightshade}. See under {Enchanter}.
{Stinking nightshade}. See {Henbane}.
{Three-leaved nightshade}. See {Trillium}.
Enchanter \En*chant"er\, n. [Cf. F. enchanteur.]
One who enchants; a sorcerer or magician; also, one who
delights as by an enchantment.
Like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing. --Shelley.
{Enchanter's nightshade} (Bot.), a genus ({Circ[ae]a}) of low
inconspicuous, perennial plants, found in damp, shady
places.
資料來源 : WordNet®
enchanter's nightshade
n : any of several erect perennial rhizomatous herbs of the
genus Circaea having white flowers that open at dawn;
northern hemisphere