HyperDic: veratrum_viride

English > 1 sense of the expression Veratrum viride:
NOUNplantVeratrum viride, white hellebore, American hellebore, Indian poke, bugbaneNorth American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes
English > Veratrum viride: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningNorth American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally.
Synonymswhite hellebore, American hellebore, Indian poke, bugbane
Broaderhellebore, false helleboreperennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes

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