veratrum : Idioms & Phrases
genus veratrum
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noun a genus of coarse poisonous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae
Veratrum.
WordNet
veratrum viride
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noun North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally
white hellebore; Indian poke; American hellebore; bugbane.