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BLACK HELLEBORE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does black hellebore mean?
• BLACK HELLEBORE (noun)
The noun BLACK HELLEBORE has 2 senses:
1. slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green
2. European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers
Familiarity information: BLACK HELLEBORE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
black hellebore; Helleborus orientalis; lenten rose
Hypernyms ("black hellebore" is a kind of...):
hellebore (any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus)
Sense 2
Meaning:
European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
black hellebore; Christmas rose; Helleborus niger; winter rose
Hypernyms ("black hellebore" is a kind of...):
hellebore (any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus)
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