About The Word Veratrum
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Veratrum
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What's The Definition Of Veratrum?
[n] a genus of coarse poisonous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae
Synonyms | Synonyms for Veratrum: genus Veratrum Related Terms | Find terms related to Veratrum: See Also | false hellebore | family Liliaceae | hellebore | Liliaceae | liliid monocot genus | lily family Veratrum In Webster's Dictionary \Ve*ra"trum\, n. [L. veratrum hellebore.] (Bot.)
A genus of coarse liliaceous herbs having very poisonous
qualities.
Note: Veratrum album of Europe, and Veratrum viride of
America, are both called hellebore. They grow in wet
land, have large, elliptical, plicate leaves in three
vertical ranks, and bear panicles of greenish flowers.
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