单词 | white hellebore |
释义 | white hellebore[ hwahyt-hel-uh-bawr, wahyt ] / ˈʰwaɪt ˈhɛl əˌbɔr, ˈwaɪt / nouna false hellebore, Veratrum album, with clusters of white flowers, native to Europe and western Asia: now rarely used in medicine, its alkaloids were once used in a number of treatments, as for high blood pressure, but accidental poisoning is due mostly to the plant’s resemblance to an ingestible European gentian. Also called Eu·ro·pe·an white hel·le·bore. Origin of white helleboreFirst recorded in 1400–50 Words nearby white helleborewhite hat, whitehead, white-headed, Whitehead's operation, white heat, white hellebore, white hole, white hope, white horse, white-hot, White House Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 |
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