Actaea rubra

Definitions of Actaea rubra
  1. noun
    North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berries
    synonyms: red baneberry, red-berry, redberry, snakeberry
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    type of:
    baneberry, cohosh, herb Christopher
    a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries
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