Circaea

noun

enchanter's nightshade

• Syn: ↑genus Circaea

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Onagraceae, ↑family Onagraceae, ↑evening-primrose family

• Member Meronyms: ↑enchanter's nightshade

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\(ˌ)sərˈsēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, feminine of Circaeus of Circe — more at circean

: a genus of low perennial herbs (family Onagraceae) with whitish to roseate flowers in racemes and an indehiscent fruit covered with bristly hooked hairs that are widely distributed in cool and temperate regions of the northern hemisphere and that comprise the enchanter's nightshades

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Circaeˈa noun

The enchanter's nightshade genus

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Main Entry: ↑Circaean