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HELLEBORUS NIGER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Helleborus niger mean?
• HELLEBORUS NIGER (noun)
The noun HELLEBORUS NIGER has 1 sense:
1. European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers
Familiarity information: HELLEBORUS NIGER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("Helleborus niger" is a kind of...):
hellebore (any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus)
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