"Ellebore" is a word in ENGLISH

The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; -- applied to any plant of the genus Aconitum (tribe Hellebore), all the species of …

A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a …

A genus of perennial herbs (Helleborus) of the Crowfoot family, mostly having powerfully cathartic and even poisonous qualities. H. niger …

Any plant of several species of the poisonous liliaceous genus Veratrum, especially V. album and V. viride, both called white …

A poisonous glucoside accompanying helleborin in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a bittersweet …

A poisonous glucoside found in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a sharp tingling …

The practice or theory of using hellebore as a medicine.

A poisonous alkaloid resembling veratrine, and found with it in white hellebore (Veratrum album); -- called also jervina.

The black hellebore.

A poisonous alkaloid obtained from the root hellebore (Veratrum) and from sabadilla seeds as a white crystalline powder, having an …