Night·shade n. 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.
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En·chant·er n. 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 (Circæa) of low inconspicuous, perennial plants, found in damp, shady places.
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enchanter's nightshade
n : any of several erect perennial rhizomatous herbs of the
genus Circaea having white flowers that open at dawn;
northern hemisphere