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hellebore
n.
any of a number of plants having medicinal or poisonous properties
Hellebore
Commonly known as
hellebores , the
Eurasian genus Helleborus comprises approximately 20
species of
herbaceous or
evergreen perennial flowering plants in the
family Ranunculaceae, within which it gave its name to the
tribe of Helleboreae. The scientific name
Helleborus derives from the Greek name for
H. orientalis, ἑλλέβορος
helléboros, from
elein "to injure" and βορά
borá "food". Many species are poisonous. Despite names such as "winter rose", "Christmas rose" and "Lenten rose", hellebores are not closely related to the rose family (
Rosaceae).
hellebore
Noun
1. perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes
(synonym) false hellebore
(hypernym) liliaceous plant
(hyponym) white hellebore, American hellebore, Indian poke, bugbane, Veratrum viride
(member-holonym) Veratrum, genus Veratrum
2. any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus
(hypernym) poisonous plant
(hyponym) stinking hellebore, bear's foot, setterwort, Helleborus foetidus
(member-holonym) Helleborus, genus Helleborus
Hellebore
(n.)
Any plant of several species of the poisonous liliaceous genus Veratrum, especially V. album and V. viride, both called white hellebore.
(n.)
A genus of perennial herbs (Helleborus) of the Crowfoot family, mostly having powerfully cathartic and even poisonous qualities. H. niger is the European black hellebore, or Christmas rose, blossoming in winter or earliest spring. H. officinalis was the officinal hellebore of the ancients.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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