Noun
1. perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes
(synonym) false hellebore
(hypernym) liliaceous plant
(hyponym) white hellebore, American hellebore, Indian poke, bugbane, Veratrum viride
(member-holonym) Veratrum, genus Veratrum
2. any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus
(hypernym) poisonous plant
(hyponym) stinking hellebore, bear's foot, setterwort, Helleborus foetidus
(member-holonym) Helleborus, genus Helleborus

hellebore
\hel"le*bore\ (?), n. [l. helleborus, elleborus, gr. &?;, &?;; cf. f. hellébore, ellébore.]
1. (bot.) 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.) any plant of several species of the poisonous liliaceous genus veratrum, especially v. album and v. viride, both called white hellebore.
hellebore
n
1. perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes [syn: false hellebore]


2. any plant of the eurasian genus helleborus


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