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helleborus
(wn) | Helleborus
n 1: a genus of Helleborus [syn: Helleborus, {genus
Helleborus}] |
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Helleborus foetidus
(gcide) | Setterwort \Set"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
The bear's-foot (Helleborus f[oe]tidus); -- so called
because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons
into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also pegroots. --Dr.
Prior.
[1913 Webster]Bear's-foot \Bear's"-foot`\ (-f[oo^]t`), n. (Bot.)
A species of hellebore (Helleborus f[oe]tidus), with
digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste,
and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic.
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Helleborus niger
(gcide) | Hellebore \Hel"le*bore\, n. [L. helleborus, elleborus, Gr. ?, ?;
cf. F. hell['e]bore, ell['e]bore.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Bot.) 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.
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2. (Bot.) Any plant of several species of the poisonous
liliaceous genus Veratrum, especially Veratrum album
and Veratrum viride, both called white hellebore.
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Helleborus officinalis
(gcide) | Hellebore \Hel"le*bore\, n. [L. helleborus, elleborus, Gr. ?, ?;
cf. F. hell['e]bore, ell['e]bore.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Bot.) 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]
2. (Bot.) Any plant of several species of the poisonous
liliaceous genus Veratrum, especially Veratrum album
and Veratrum viride, both called white hellebore.
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genus helleborus
(wn) | genus Helleborus
n 1: a genus of Helleborus [syn: Helleborus, {genus
Helleborus}] |
helleborus
(wn) | Helleborus
n 1: a genus of Helleborus [syn: Helleborus, {genus
Helleborus}] |
helleborus foetidus
(wn) | Helleborus foetidus
n 1: digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and
irritant qualities when taken internally [syn: {stinking
hellebore}, bear's foot, setterwort, {Helleborus
foetidus}] |
helleborus niger
(wn) | Helleborus niger
n 1: European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like
winter-blooming flowers [syn: Christmas rose, {winter
rose}, black hellebore, Helleborus niger] |
helleborus orientalis
(wn) | Helleborus orientalis
n 1: slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves
and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green [syn:
lenten rose, black hellebore, Helleborus orientalis] |
helleborus viridis
(wn) | Helleborus viridis
n 1: deciduous plant with large deep green pedate leaves and
nodding saucer-shaped green flowers [syn: {green
hellebore}, Helleborus viridis] |
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