hellebore
noun
- any of a genus (Helleborus) of poisonous, winter-blooming plants of the buttercup family, with buttercuplike flowers of various colors: the rhizomes of a black European species (H. niger) were formerly used as a heart stimulant and cathartic
- any of a genus (Veratrum) of poisonous plants of the lily family: the (V. album) and the (V. viride) were formerly used as cathartics, etc.
See hellebore in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(hĕlˈə-bôrˌ, -bōrˌ)
noun- Any of various plants of the genus Helleborus, native to Eurasia, most species of which are poisonous.
- Any of various plants of the genus Veratrum, especially V. viride of North America, having large leaves and greenish flowers and yielding a toxic alkaloid used medicinally.
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