hellebore
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1. any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | poisonous plant, |
| definition | : | a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bear's foot, helleborus foetidus, setterwort, stinking hellebore, |
| definition | : | digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internally (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | black hellebore, christmas rose, helleborus niger, winter rose, |
| definition | : | European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | black hellebore, helleborus orientalis, lenten rose, |
| definition | : | slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | green hellebore, helleborus viridis, |
| definition | : | deciduous plant with large deep green pedate leaves and nodding saucer-shaped green flowers (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus helleborus, helleborus, |
| definition | : | a genus of Helleborus (noun.plant) |
2. perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | liliaceous plant, |
| definition | : | plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | american hellebore, bugbane, indian poke, veratrum viride, white hellebore, |
| definition | : | North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus veratrum, veratrum, |
| definition | : | a genus of coarse poisonous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae (noun.plant) |
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