herb Christopher

herb Christopher

n pl herbs Christopher

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for baneberry

[named after St Christopher]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

herb Christopher - a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries cohosh, baneberry Actaea, genus Actaea - baneberry baneberry - a poisonous berry of a plant of the genus Actaea Actaea rubra, red baneberry, snakeberry, red-berry, redberry - North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berries Actaea alba, doll's eyes, white baneberry, white bead, white cohosh - North American herb with white poisonous berries poisonous plant - a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism