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bear's-foot Herb.
[f. bear n.1]
1. Popular name of various species of Hellebore, esp. of the Black Hellebore (H. fœtidus), a handsome plant with spreading panicles of globular flowers, their sepals green edged with pink.
1551Turner Herbal 126 Thys herbe whyche they call chrystes wurtz and we berefoot. 1629J. Parkinson Parad. in Sole lxxxi. 344 There are three sorts of blacke Hellebor or Beares foote. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 185 The late Narcissus, and the winding Trail Of Bears-foot. 1863Prior Plant-n. 17 Bear's-foot, from its digitate leaf.
2. Also applied loosely to Bear's-breech or Acanthus, to Lady's Mantle, and to Monkshood.
1552Huloet, Bere fote herbe, Acantha. 1563Shute Archit. B j b, An herbe called Acanthus, in frenche Branck-ursine, or bearefote with vs. |