Hellebore

['helɪbɔː] or ['hɛlə,bor]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus.

(noun.) perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes.

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解釋/意思:

(n.) A genus of perennial herbs (Helleborus) of the Crowfoot family, mostly having powerfully cathartic and even poisonous qualities. H. niger is the European black hellebore, or Christmas rose, blossoming in winter or earliest spring. H. officinalis was the officinal hellebore of the ancients.

(n.) Any plant of several species of the poisonous liliaceous genus Veratrum, especially V. album and V. viride, both called white hellebore.

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解釋/意思:

n. a plant of the genus Helleborus (Ranunculace) whose root possesses drastic purgative properties anciently used as a cure for insanity—varieties are the Black Hellebore or Christmas Rose the Stinking and the Green Hellebore; similar plants of other genera are the Winter Hellebore and the American False or White Hellebore known also as Indian Poke or Itch Weed.

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