false hellebore
[ fawls-hel-uh-bawr ]
/ ˈfɔls ˈhɛl əˌbɔr /
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noun
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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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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