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plant of Circe

plant of Circe noun: the plant mandrake.

Noun

the plant of Circe (plural plants of Circe)

  1. The plant mandrake.
    • The ancient Homeric witch Circe used infusions of it in her magic brews, hence the root was also known as "the plant of Circe."1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 144

Forms of plant of Circe

pluralplants of Circe

Questions about plant of Circe

What does plant of Circe mean?
Plant of Circe means the plant mandrake.
What part of speech is plant of Circe?
Plant of Circe is a noun.
What is the plural of plant of Circe?
The plural of plant of Circe is plants of Circe.

Words near plant of Circe in the dictionary

  1. plant litter
  2. plant louse
  3. plant milk
  4. plant milks
  5. plant morphology
  6. plant of Circe
  7. plant one's feet
  8. plant out
  9. plant parent
  10. plant parents
  11. plant point

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