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单词 enchanter's nightshade
释义

enchanter's nightshade

noun
A woodland plant with small white flowers and fruit with hooked bristles, native to Eurasia and the eastern US.
  • Circaea lutetiana, family Onagraceae.
The wildflowers, many of which bloom in May, include waterleaf, wild ginger, red trillium, Jack-in-the-pulpit, smooth and woolly blue violet, Solomon's seal, false Solomon's seal, and enchanter's nightshade.

Origin

Late 16th century: believed by early botanists to be the herb used by Circe to charm Odysseus' companions.

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