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false hellebore
false helleboren. See hellebore.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  false hellebore - perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomeshelleboreliliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tubergenus Veratrum, Veratrum - a genus of coarse poisonous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in subfamily MelanthiaceaeAmerican hellebore, bugbane, Indian poke, Veratrum viride, white hellebore - North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally |
EncyclopediaSeeAdonisfalse hellebore
a·don·is (ă-don'is), Medicinal herb obtained from Adonis vernalis (family Ranunculaceae), grown in eastern Europe and used there in the treatment of congestive heart failure. Contains strophanthidin and related cardiotonic glycosides. Synonym(s): false hellebore [G. Adōnis, mythical figure, fr. Phoenicial adon, lord] false helleboren. See hellebore.false hellebore
Synonyms for false helleborenoun perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomesSynonymsRelated Words- liliaceous plant
- genus Veratrum
- Veratrum
- American hellebore
- bugbane
- Indian poke
- Veratrum viride
- white hellebore
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