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Helleborus niger
(gcide) | Hellebore \Hel"le*bore\, n. [L. helleborus, elleborus, Gr. ?, ?;
cf. F. hell['e]bore, ell['e]bore.]
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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 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] |
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