hellebore : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hellebore	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hellebore
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hellebore n perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes Synonym(s): hellebore, false hellebore any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hellebore \Hel"lebore\, n. [L. helleborus, elleborus, Gr. [?], [?]; cf. F. hell[82]bore, ell[82]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}.