AMERICAN HELLEBORE

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Meaning:

North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally

Synonyms:

American hellebore; bugbane; Indian poke; Veratrum viride; white hellebore

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("American hellebore" is a kind of...):

false hellebore; hellebore (perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes)

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