White hellebore Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally
Indian poke; American hellebore; Veratrum viride; bugbane.

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(Bot.), a plant of the genus Veratrum (V. album) See Hellebore, 2.

Webster 1913

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