false hellebore

[ fawls-hel-uh-bawr ]

/ ˈfɔls ˈhɛl əˌbɔr /

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any of various plants of the genus Veratrum, family Melanthiaceae, with highly poisonous black rhizomes, including V. viride, with clusters of yellowish-green flowers, native to eastern and western North America: now rarely used in medicine, the alkaloids from false hellebores were once used in a number of treatments, as for high blood pressure.

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Also called corn lily, In·di·an hel·le·bore, Indian poke.

Origin of false hellebore

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby false hellebore

false flag, false friend, false front, false fruit, false-hearted, false hellebore, false hematuria, false hermaphroditism, falsehood, false horizon, false image

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And no issue should be defined by its outliers because it paints a false picture.
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He has contributed to a false picture of law enforcement based on isolated injustices.
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Once people with ID are arrested, they are particularly susceptible to making coerced and often false confessions.
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But the sheer quantity of the inflated currency and false money forces prices higher still.
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The rest is done by cutting away two upper and four under-teeth, and substituting false ones at the desired angle.
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He was thrashed at school before the Jews and the hubshi, for the heinous crime of bringing home false reports of progress.
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I will not, therefore, say that the proposition that the value of everything equals the cost of production is false.
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But his servant runs after the man, and gets two talents of silver and some garments under false pretences.
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