baneberry Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a poisonous berry of a plant of the genus Actaea
  2. noun a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries
    cohosh; herb Christopher.

WordNet


Bane"ber`ry noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A genus (Actæa) of plants, of the order Ranunculaceæ, native in the north temperate zone. The red or white berries are poisonous.

Webster 1913