black hellebore en · NOUN
Meanings
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A poisonous and medicinal plant, Helleborus niger.
Christmas rose (black hellebore), strewn on the floor or burned, drove away witches.
1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 272:
- Another similarly poisonous and medicinal plant, the black false hellebore, Veratrum nigrum.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| black hellebores | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (12)
nrf rose dé Noué (Helleborus niger) · fr hellébore noir (Helleborus niger) · cy pelydr du (Helleborus niger) · ota كرپی (Helleborus niger) · io nigra heleboro (Helleborus niger) · fr rose de Noël (Helleborus niger) · grc σκάρφη (Helleborus niger) · nl kerstroos (Helleborus niger) · tr Noel gülü (Helleborus niger) · io heleboro nigra (Helleborus niger) · sv julros (Helleborus niger) · tr karaçöpleme (Helleborus niger)