false hellebore

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false hellebore

n.
See hellebore.
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Noun1.false hellebore - perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomesfalse hellebore - perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes
hellebore
liliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
genus Veratrum, Veratrum - a genus of coarse poisonous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae
American hellebore, bugbane, Indian poke, Veratrum viride, white hellebore - North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally
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