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Veratrum definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a genus of coarse poisonous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae [syn: Veratrum, genus Veratrum]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Latin, hellebore Date: 1577 hellebore 2

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Veratrine Ve*ra"trine (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. v['e]ratrine. See Veratrum.] (Chem.) A poisonous alkaloid obtained from the root hellebore (Veratrum) and from sabadilla seeds as a white crystalline powder, having an acrid, burning taste. It is sometimes used externally, as in ointments, in the local treatment of neuralgia and rheumatism. Called also veratria, and veratrina.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Veratrum 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.