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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hellebore \Hel"le*bore\, n. [L. helleborus, elleborus Gr ?, ?; cf F. hell['e]bore, ell['e]bore.] 1. (Bot.) 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. 2. (Bot.) Any plant of several species of the poisonous liliaceous genus {Veratrum}, especially {V. album} and {V. viride}, both called {white hellebore}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hellebore n 1: perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes [syn: {false hellebore}] 2: any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus
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