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veratrum
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun veratrum has 1 sense
- veratrum(n = noun.plant) genus veratrum - a genus of coarse poisonous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae; Array is a kind of liliid monocot genus
is a member of family liliaceae, liliaceae, lily family
CIDE DICTIONARY
veratrum, prop. n. [L. veratrum hellebore.].
A genus of coarse liliaceous herbs having very poisonous qualities. [1913 Webster]
" Veratrum album of Europe, and Veratrum viride of America, are both called hellebore. They grow in wet land, have large, elliptical, plicate leaves in three vertical ranks, and bear panicles of greenish flowers."
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