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baneberry
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun baneberry has 2 senses
- baneberry(n = noun.plant) Array - a poisonous berry of a plant of the genus Actaea; Array is a part of baneberry, cohosh, herb christopher
- baneberry(n = noun.plant) cohosh, herb christopher - a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries; Array is a member of actaea, genus actaea
is a kind of berry
has parts: baneberry
has particulars: actaea rubra, red-berry, red baneberry, redberry, snakeberry, actaea alba, doll's eyes, white baneberry, white bead, white cohosh
is a kind of poisonous plant
CIDE DICTIONARY
baneberry, n.
A genus (Actæa) of plants, of the order Ranunculaceæ , native in the north temperate zone. The red or white berries are poisonous. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
baneberry, n. (pl. -ies)
1 a plant of the genus Actaea.
2 the bitter poisonous berry of this plant.
1 a plant of the genus Actaea.
2 the bitter poisonous berry of this plant.
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