2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Hellebore \Hel"le*bore\, n. [L. helleborus, elleborus, Gr. ?, ?; cf. F. hell['e]bore, ell['e]bore.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) A genus of perennial herbs ({Helleborus}) of the Crowfoot family, mostly having powerfully cathartic and even poisonous qualities. {Helleborus niger} is the European black hellebore, or Christmas rose, blossoming in winter or earliest spring. {Helleborus officinalis} was the officinal hellebore of the ancients. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Any plant of several species of the poisonous liliaceous genus {Veratrum}, especially {Veratrum album} and {Veratrum viride}, both called {white hellebore}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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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