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WHITE HELLEBORE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white hellebore mean? 

WHITE HELLEBORE (noun)
  The noun WHITE HELLEBORE 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: WHITE HELLEBORE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WHITE HELLEBORE (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 ("white hellebore" is a kind of...):

false hellebore; hellebore (perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes)


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