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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 medicinallyplay

  Familiarity information: VERATRUM VIRIDE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VERATRUM VIRIDE (noun)


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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