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Webster 1913 Edition


Veratrum


Ve-ra′trum

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Noun.
[L.
veratrum
hellebore.]
(Bot.)
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.

Definition 2024


Veratrum

Veratrum

See also: veratrum

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Proper noun

Veratrum n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Melanthiaceae – the false hellebores.

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veratrum

veratrum

See also: Veratrum

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Noun

veratrum (plural veratrums)

  1. Any of various poisonous herbs of the genus Veratrum

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