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单词 white hellebore
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white hellebore

[ hwahyt-hel-uh-bawr, wahyt ]
/ ˈʰwaɪt ˈhɛl əˌbɔr, ˈwaɪt /

noun

a 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 hellebore

First recorded in 1400–50

Words nearby white hellebore

white hat, whitehead, white-headed, Whitehead's operation, white heat, white hellebore, white hole, white hope, white horse, white-hot, White House
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