veratrum
NounSynonyms:
genus Veratrum
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Noun (1)
- a genus of coarse poisonous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in subfamily MelanthiaceaeSynonyms: genus VeratrumType of liliid monocot genusMember of Liliaceae, family LiliaceaeMembers hellebore, false hellebore
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ve·ra′trum prop. n.
Origin: L. veratrum hellebore.
Botany A genus of coarse liliaceous herbs having very poisonous qualities.
☞ Veratrum album of Europe, and Veratrum viride of America, are both called hellebore. They grow in wet land, have large, elliptical, plicate leaves in three vertical ranks, and bear panicles of greenish flowers.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54