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VERATRUM VIRIDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Veratrum viride mean?
• VERATRUM VIRIDE (noun)
The noun VERATRUM VIRIDE has 1 sense:
1. North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally
Familiarity information: VERATRUM VIRIDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
American hellebore; bugbane; Indian poke; Veratrum viride; white hellebore
Hypernyms ("Veratrum viride" is a kind of...):
false hellebore; hellebore (perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes)
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