veratrumn.
/vəˈreɪtrəm/ Botany.
A perennial genus typical of the family Veratreæ of liliaceous plants; a plant belonging to this genus, esp. the white hellebore ( V. album); also, the rhizome of this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Liliaceae family or plants > [noun] > white or swamp hellebore
lingwort1538
veratrum1577
sneezewort1629
poke root1687
tickle-weed1762
Indian poke1785
poke1785
hellebore1792
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Liliaceae family or plants > [noun] > white or swamp hellebore > root
veratrum1577
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvii. lv Eloborus;..þe Romayns clepeþ þis herbe Veratrum,..and þerof is twei manere of kinde, white & blacke.
1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. G.vijv Veratrum..maye be called in englishe Nesewurte.]
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 68 Bearfoote..is called..in Latine Veratrum, there are two kindes of it, the blacke and the white.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 232 The root of Veratrum or Ellebore..maketh a most excellent medicine to rid it [dandruff] away.
1693 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. (ed. 2) 208 Veratrum, the same with Helleborus.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The species of white Hellebore, enumerated by Mr. Tournefort, are these: 1. The greenish-flowered Veratrum. And 2. The early-flowering Veratrum, with blackish purple flowers.
1797 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 642/1 Veratrum has likewise been found useful in epilepsy, and other convulsive complaints.
1823 G. Crabb Technol. Dict. White-flowered Veratrum, or White Hellebore.
1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 448/1 We strongly suspect that all these supposed Veratrums really belong rather to the genus Helonias [etc.].
1871 A. B. Garrod Essentials Materia Medica (new ed.) 345 Therapeutics [of Veratria]. As veratrum, but much more powerful.
Compounds
C1. attributive and in other combinations, as veratrum family, veratrum-leaved adj.
ΚΠ
1836 J. M. Gully tr. F. Magendie Formulary (ed. 2) 69 That all the individuals of the veratrum family possessed a very acrid taste.
1843 Florist's Jrnl. (1846) 4 156 Calanthe veratrifolia. (Derived from veratrum-leaved.)
1853 J. F. Royle Man. Materia Med. (ed. 2) 664 Veratrum Wine.
C2.
veratrum-resin n. (see quots.).
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > processed resinous materials > [noun] > derived from plants
oenanthin1848
cattimandoo1851
xanthoxylin1854
icican1865
veratrum-resin1868
tall oil1909
1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 997 Veratrum-resin,..a constituent of sabadilla-seeds.
1888 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VII. Veratrum-resin,..a brownish resin, extracted from sabadilla seeds.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
<
n.1577