helleborus niger

2 definitions found

helleborus niger - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hellebore \Hel"le*bore\, n. [L. helleborus, elleborus, Gr. ?, ?;
     cf. F. hell['e]bore, ell['e]bore.]
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     1. (Bot.) A genus of perennial herbs (Helleborus) of the
        Crowfoot family, mostly having powerfully cathartic and
        even poisonous qualities. Helleborus niger is the
        European black hellebore, or Christmas rose, blossoming in
        winter or earliest spring. Helleborus officinalis was
        the officinal hellebore of the ancients.
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     2. (Bot.) Any plant of several species of the poisonous
        liliaceous genus Veratrum, especially Veratrum album
        and Veratrum viride, both called white hellebore.
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helleborus niger - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Helleborus niger
      n 1: European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like
           winter-blooming flowers [syn: Christmas rose, winter rose
           , black hellebore, Helleborus niger]