hellebore

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: hellebore

1	n	any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus
2	n	perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: hellebore

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; Helleborus foetidus, bear's foot, setterwort, stinking hellebore
digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internally; Christmas rose, Helleborus niger, black hellebore, winter rose
European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers; Helleborus orientalis, black hellebore, lenten rose
slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green; Helleborus viridis, green hellebore
deciduous plant with large deep green pedate leaves and nodding saucer-shaped green flowers

Type of:: poisonous plant
a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism

Types:: American hellebore, Indian poke, Veratrum viride, bugbane, white hellebore
North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally

Type of:: liliaceous plant
plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber

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