hellebore
(noun) any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus
hellebore, false hellebore
(noun) perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hellebore (plural hellebores)
Any of the common garden flowering plants of the genus Helleborus, in family Ranunculaceae, having supposed medicinal properties.
A toxic extract of certain false hellebores (Veratrum album or Veratrum viride), formerly used as a pesticide.
• (any species of genus Helleborus): Christmas rose (particularly Helleborus niger)
Source: Wiktionary
Hel"le*bore, n. Etym: [L. helleborus, elleborus, Gr. hellébore, ellébore.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: 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.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Any plant of several species of the poisonous liliaceous genus Veratrum, especially V. album and V. viride, both called white hellebore.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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