hellebore : Idioms & Phrases

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american hellebore

  • noun North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally
    Indian poke; American hellebore; Veratrum viride; bugbane.
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black hellebore

  • noun slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green
    lenten rose; Helleborus orientalis.
  • noun European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers
    Christmas rose; Helleborus niger; winter rose.
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false hellebore

  • noun perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes
    hellebore.
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green hellebore

  • noun deciduous plant with large deep green pedate leaves and nodding saucer-shaped green flowers
    Helleborus viridis.
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stinking hellebore

  • noun digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internally
    bear's foot; Helleborus foetidus; setterwort.
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White hellebore

  • noun North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally
    Indian poke; American hellebore; Veratrum viride; bugbane.
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  • (Bot.), a plant of the genus Veratrum (V. album) See Hellebore, 2.
Webster 1913