Veratrum
         n 1: a genus of coarse poisonous perennial herbs; sometimes
               placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae [syn: {Veratrum}, {genus
               Veratrum}]

English Dictionary: Veratrum viride	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Veratrum viride n North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally Synonym(s): white hellebore, American hellebore, Indian poke, bugbane, Veratrum viride
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verdure n green foliage Synonym(s): greenery, verdure the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation Synonym(s): greenness, verdancy, verdure
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Veratralbine \Ver`a*tral"bine\, n. (Chem.)       A yellowish amorphous alkaloid extracted from the rootstock       of Veratrum album.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Veratrate \Ve*ra"trate\, n. (Chem.)       A salt of veratric acid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Veratrine \Ve*ra"trine\ (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. v[82]ratrine. See       {Veratrum}.] (Chem.)       A poisonous alkaloid obtained from the root hellebore       ({Veratrum}) and from sabadilla seeds as a white crystalline       powder, having an acrid, burning taste. It is sometimes used       externally, as in ointments, in the local treatment of       neuralgia and rheumatism. Called also {veratria}, and       {veratrina}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Veratric \Ve*ra"tric\, a. (Chem.)       Pertaining to, or derived from, plants of the genus Veratrum.          {Veratric acid} (Chem.), an acid occurring, together with             veratrine, in the root of white hellebore ({Veratrum             album}), and in sabadilla seed; -- extracted as a white             crystalline substance which is related to protocatechuic             acid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Veratric \Ve*ra"tric\, a. (Chem.)       Pertaining to, or derived from, plants of the genus Veratrum.          {Veratric acid} (Chem.), an acid occurring, together with             veratrine, in the root of white hellebore ({Veratrum             album}), and in sabadilla seed; -- extracted as a white             crystalline substance which is related to protocatechuic             acid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Veratrine \Ve*ra"trine\ (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. v[82]ratrine. See       {Veratrum}.] (Chem.)       A poisonous alkaloid obtained from the root hellebore       ({Veratrum}) and from sabadilla seeds as a white crystalline       powder, having an acrid, burning taste. It is sometimes used       externally, as in ointments, in the local treatment of       neuralgia and rheumatism. Called also {veratria}, and       {veratrina}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Veratrine \Ve*ra"trine\ (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. v[82]ratrine. See       {Veratrum}.] (Chem.)       A poisonous alkaloid obtained from the root hellebore       ({Veratrum}) and from sabadilla seeds as a white crystalline       powder, having an acrid, burning taste. It is sometimes used       externally, as in ointments, in the local treatment of       neuralgia and rheumatism. Called also {veratria}, and       {veratrina}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Veratrol \Ve*ra"trol\, n. [Veratric + ol.] (Chem.)       A liquid hydrocarbon obtained by the decomposition of       veratric acid, and constituting the dimethyl ether of       pyrocatechin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Veratrine \Ve*ra"trine\ (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. v[82]ratrine. See       {Veratrum}.] (Chem.)       A poisonous alkaloid obtained from the root hellebore       ({Veratrum}) and from sabadilla seeds as a white crystalline       powder, having an acrid, burning taste. It is sometimes used       externally, as in ointments, in the local treatment of       neuralgia and rheumatism. Called also {veratria}, and       {veratrina}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jervine \Jer"vine\, n. [Prob. fr. Sp. yerba herb, OSp., the       poison of the veratrum.] (Chem.)       A poisonous alkaloid resembling veratrine, and found with it       in white hellebore ({Veratrum album}); -- called also       {jervina}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Veratric \Ve*ra"tric\, a. (Chem.)       Pertaining to, or derived from, plants of the genus Veratrum.          {Veratric acid} (Chem.), an acid occurring, together with             veratrine, in the root of white hellebore ({Veratrum             album}), and in sabadilla seed; -- extracted as a white             crystalline substance which is related to protocatechuic             acid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Indian \In"di*an\ (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus,       the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. [?], OPers. Hindu,       name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus.       Cf. {Hindoo}.]       1. Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies,             or, sometimes, to the West Indies.          2. Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of             America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk.          3. Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian             meal, Indian bread, and the like. [U.S.]          {Indian} bay (Bot.), a lauraceous tree ({Persea Indica}).          {Indian bean} (Bot.), a name of the catalpa.          {Indian berry}. (Bot.) Same as {Cocculus indicus}.          {Indian bread}. (Bot.) Same as {Cassava}.          {Indian club}, a wooden club, which is swung by the hand for             gymnastic exercise.          {Indian cordage}, cordage made of the fibers of cocoanut             husk.          {Indian corn} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Zea} ({Z. Mays});             the maize, a native of America. See {Corn}, and {Maize}.                      {Indian cress} (Bot.), nasturtium. See {Nasturtium}, 2.          {Indian cucumber} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Medeola} ({M.             Virginica}), a common in woods in the United States. The             white rootstock has a taste like cucumbers.          {Indian currant} (Bot.), a plant of the genus             {Symphoricarpus} ({S. vulgaris}), bearing small red             berries.          {Indian dye}, the puccoon.          {Indian fig}. (Bot.)             (a) The banyan. See {Banyan}.             (b) The prickly pear.          {Indian file}, single file; arrangement of persons in a row             following one after another, the usual way among Indians             of traversing woods, especially when on the war path.          {Indian fire}, a pyrotechnic composition of sulphur, niter,             and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light.          {Indian grass} (Bot.), a coarse, high grass ({Chrysopogon             nutans}), common in the southern portions of the United             States; wood grass. --Gray.          {Indian hemp}. (Bot.)             (a) A plant of the genus {Apocynum} ({A. cannabinum}),                   having a milky juice, and a tough, fibrous bark,                   whence the name. The root it used in medicine and is                   both emetic and cathartic in properties.             (b) The variety of common hemp ({Cannabis Indica}), from                   which hasheesh is obtained.          {Indian mallow} (Bot.), the velvet leaf ({Abutilon             Avicenn[91]}). See {Abutilon}.          {Indian meal}, ground corn or maize. [U.S.]          {Indian millet} (Bot.), a tall annual grass ({Sorghum             vulgare}), having many varieties, among which are broom             corn, Guinea corn, durra, and the Chinese sugar cane. It             is called also {Guinea corn}. See {Durra}.          {Indian ox} (Zo[94]l.), the zebu.          {Indian paint}. See {Bloodroot}.          {Indian paper}. See {India paper}, under {India}.          {Indian physic} (Bot.), a plant of two species of the genus             {Gillenia} ({G. trifoliata}, and {G. stipulacea}), common             in the United States, the roots of which are used in             medicine as a mild emetic; -- called also {American             ipecac}, and {bowman's root}. --Gray.          {Indian pink}. (Bot.)             (a) The Cypress vine ({Ipom[d2]a Quamoclit}); -- so called                   in the West Indies.             (b) See {China pink}, under {China}.          {Indian pipe} (Bot.), a low, fleshy herb ({Monotropa             uniflora}), growing in clusters in dark woods, and having             scalelike leaves, and a solitary nodding flower. The whole             plant is waxy white, but turns black in drying.          {Indian plantain} (Bot.), a name given to several species of             the genus {Cacalia}, tall herbs with composite white             flowers, common through the United States in rich woods.             --Gray.          {Indian poke} (Bot.), a plant usually known as the {white             hellebore} ({Veratrum viride}).          {Indian pudding}, a pudding of which the chief ingredients             are Indian meal, milk, and molasses.          {Indian purple}.             (a) A dull purple color.             (b) The pigment of the same name, intensely blue and                   black.          {Indian red}.             (a) A purplish red earth or pigment composed of a silicate                   of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It comes from the                   Persian Gulf. Called also {Persian red}.             (b) See {Almagra}.          {Indian rice} (Bot.), a reedlike water grass. See {Rice}.          {Indian shot} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Canna} ({C.             Indica}). The hard black seeds are as large as swan shot.             See {Canna}.          {Indian summer}, in the United States, a period of warm and             pleasant weather occurring late in autumn. See under             {Summer}.          {Indian tobacco} (Bot.), a species of {Lobelia}. See             {Lobelia}.          {Indian turnip} (Bot.), an American plant of the genus             {Aris[91]ma}. {A. triphyllum} has a wrinkled farinaceous             root resembling a small turnip, but with a very acrid             juice. See {Jack in the Pulpit}, and {Wake-robin}.          {Indian wheat}, maize or Indian corn.          {Indian yellow}.             (a) An intense rich yellow color, deeper than gamboge but                   less pure than cadmium.             (b) See {Euxanthin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Verderer \Ver"der*er\, Verderor \Ver"der*or\, n. [F. verdier,       LL. viridarius, fr. L. viridis green.] (Eng. Forest Law)       An officer who has the charge of the king's forest, to       preserve the vert and venison, keep the assizes, view,       receive, and enroll attachments and presentments of all       manner of trespasses. --Blackstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Verderer \Ver"der*er\, Verderor \Ver"der*or\, n. [F. verdier,       LL. viridarius, fr. L. viridis green.] (Eng. Forest Law)       An officer who has the charge of the king's forest, to       preserve the vert and venison, keep the assizes, view,       receive, and enroll attachments and presentments of all       manner of trespasses. --Blackstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Verdure \Ver"dure\, n. [F., fr. L. viridis green. See       {Verdant}.]       Green; greenness; freshness of vegetation; as, the verdure of       the meadows in June.                   A wide expanse of living verdure, cultivated gardens,                shady groves, fertile cornfields, flowed round it like                a sea.                                                   --Motley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Verdured \Ver"dured\, a.       Covered with verdure. --Poe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Verdureless \Ver"dure*less\, a.       Destitute of verdure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Verdurous \Ver"dur*ous\, a.       Covered with verdure; clothed with the fresh green of       vegetation; verdured; verdant; as, verdurous pastures.       --Milton.