单词 | enchanter's nightshade |
释义 | enchant /in-chäntˈ/transitive verb
ORIGIN: Fr enchanter, from L incantāre to sing a magic formula over, from in on, and cantāre to sing enchantˈed adjective
enchantˈedly adverb enchantˈer noun
enchantˈing adjective enchantˈingly adverb
enchantˈment noun
enchanter's nightshade noun A plant, Circaea lutetiana, that grows in shady places, the name transferred apparently from another plant (perhaps mandrake or swallow-wort) for no obvious reason nightshade /nītˈshād/nounA name given to various plants, esp of the Solanaceae family and chiefly poisonous or narcotic ORIGIN: OE nihtscada, appar from niht night, and scada shade black nightshade A common plant of the nightshade family, Solanum nigrum, with poisonous leaves, white flowers and black berries deadly nightshade The belladonna plant, all parts of which are poisonous enchanter's nightshade see under enchant woody nightshade Bittersweet |
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