Veratrum meaning

və-rā'trəm
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The dried rhizomes of certain hellebores, once used in medicine.
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Any of various poisonous herbs of the genus Veratrum.
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A taxonomic genus, within subfamily Melanthieae - the false hellebores.
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Origin of veratrum

  • New Latin Vērātrum genus name from Latin vērātrum any of various medicinal or toxic plants of the genera Helleborus and Veratrum probably from a pre-Indo-European language of Europe akin to Italian dialectal (Piedmont) varasco a species of hellebore (V. album)
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Latin vÄ“rātrum (“hellebore")
    From Wiktionary

Veratrum Sentence Examples

  • if.Poiyarch root of Veratrum (a monocotyfedon).

  • Veratrum is an alpine genus of the north temperate zone.

  • (3) Quinoline group. The alkaloids of the quina-barks: quinine, &c.; the strychnos bases: strychnine, brucine; and the veratrum alkaloids: veratrine, cevadine, &c.

  • White Hellebore (Veratrum) - V. album is a handsome erect pyramidal perennial, 3 1/2 to 5 feet high, with large plaited leaves and yellowish-white flowers in dense spikes on the top of the stem, forming a large panicle.

  • Veratrum album would be given for watery diarrhea, and Podophyllum for diarrhea with few other symptoms.

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