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hellebore
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hellebore has 2 senses
- hellebore(n = noun.plant) false hellebore - perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes; Array is a kind of liliaceous plant
- hellebore(n = noun.plant) Array - any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus; Array is a member of genus helleborus, helleborus
is a member of genus veratrum, veratrum
has particulars: american hellebore, bugbane, indian poke, veratrum viride, white hellebore
has particulars: bear's foot, helleborus foetidus, setterwort, stinking hellebore, black hellebore, christmas rose, helleborus niger, winter rose, black hellebore, helleborus orientalis, lenten rose, green hellebore, helleborus viridis
is a kind of poisonous plant
CIDE DICTIONARY
hellebore, n. [L. helleborus, elleborus, Gr. , ; cf. F. hellébore, ellébore.].
- A genus of perennial herbs (
Helleborus ) of the Crowfoot family, mostly having powerfully cathartic and even poisonous qualities.Helleborus niger is the European black hellebore, or Christmas rose, blossoming in winter or earliest spring.Helleborus officinalis was the officinal hellebore of the ancients. [1913 Webster] - Any plant of several species of the poisonous liliaceous genus
Veratrum , especiallyVeratrum album andVeratrum viride , both calledwhite hellebore . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hellebore, n.
1 any evergreen plant of the genus Helleborus, having large white, green, or purplish flowers, e.g. the Christmas rose.
2 a liliaceous plant, Veratrum album.
3 hist. any of various plants supposed to cure madness.
1 any evergreen plant of the genus Helleborus, having large white, green, or purplish flowers, e.g. the Christmas rose.
2 a liliaceous plant, Veratrum album.
3 hist. any of various plants supposed to cure madness.
Etymology
ME f. OF ellebre, elebore or med.L eleborus f. L elleborus f. Gk (h)elleboros
ROGET THESAURUS
hellebore
Bane
N bane, curse, evil, hurtfulness, painfulness, scourge, damnosa hereditas, white elephant, sting, fang, thorn, tang, bramble, brier, nettle, poison, toxin, teratogen, leaven, virus venom, arsenic, antimony, tartar emetic, strychnine, nicotine, miasma, miasm, mephitis, malaria, azote, sewer gas, pest, Albany hemp, arsenious oxide, arsenious acid, bichloride of mercury, carbonic acid, carbonic gas, choke damp, corrosive sublimate, fire damp, hydrocyanic acid, cyanide, Prussic acid, hydrogen cyanide, marsh gas, nux vomica, ratsbane, hemlock, hellebore, nightshade, belladonna, henbane, aconite, banewort, bhang, ganja, hashish, Upas tree, Toxline (online), rust, worm, helminth, moth, moth and rust, fungus, mildew, dry rot, canker, cankerworm, cancer, torpedo, viper, demon, toxicology, baneful, poisonous, phr, bibere venenum in auro, Contingent Subservience.
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