Definitions for hellebore
ˈhɛl əˌbɔr, -ˌboʊrhelle·bore

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hellebore, false helleborenoun

   perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes

2. helleborenoun

   any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. helleborenoun

   A common garden flowering plant, Ranunculaceae helleborus, having supposed medicinal properties.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Helleborenoun

   Christmas flower.

   Etymology: helleborus, Latin.

   It hath a digitated leaf: the flower consists of several leaves placed orbicularly, and expanding in form of a rose: in the centre of the flower rises the pointal, encompassed about the base with several little horns between the chives and petals, which turn to a fruit, in which the membranaceous husks are gathered into a little head, ending in an horn, opening longwise, and full of roundish or oval seeds. Philip Miller.

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1. Hellebore

   Commonly known as hellebores (), the Eurasian genus Helleborus consists of approximately 20 species of herbaceous or evergreen perennial flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, within which it gave its name to the tribe of Helleboreae. Despite names such as "winter rose", "Christmas rose" and "Lenten rose", hellebores are not closely related to the rose family (Rosaceae). Many hellebore species are poisonous.

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1. hellebore

   Hellebore is a type of flowering plant belonging to the Ranunculaceae or buttercup family. Known for their early blooming, usually in late winter or early spring, these perennial plants are often used ornamentally in gardens for their beauty and hardiness. There are approximately 20 species of hellebore, most of them toxic if ingested.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Helleborenoun

   a genus of perennial herbs (Helleborus) of the Crowfoot family, mostly having powerfully cathartic and even poisonous qualities. H. niger is the European black hellebore, or Christmas rose, blossoming in winter or earliest spring. H. officinalis was the officinal hellebore of the ancients

2. Helleborenoun

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

3. Etymology: [L. helleborus, elleborus, Gr. , ; cf. F. hellbore, ellbore.]

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1. Hellebore

   Commonly known as hellebores, members of the genus Helleborus comprise approximately 20 species of herbaceous or evergreen perennial flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, within which it gave its name to the tribe of Helleboreae. Many species are poisonous. Despite names such as "Christmas rose" and "Lenten rose", hellebores are not closely related to the rose family.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hellebore

   hel′e-bōr, n. a plant of the genus Helleborus (Ranunculaceæ), whose root possesses drastic purgative properties, anciently used as a cure for insanity—varieties are the Black Hellebore or Christmas Rose, the Stinking and the Green Hellebore; similar plants of other genera are the Winter Hellebore and the American False or White Hellebore, known also as Indian Poke or Itch Weed. [Fr. hellébore—L. helleborus—Gr. helleboros.]

Matched Categories

1. • Liliaceous Plant
   • Poisonous Plant

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hellebore in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hellebore in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of hellebore in a Sentence

1. Edward Dahlberg:

   I would rather take hellebore than spend a conversation with a good, little man.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hellebore
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hellebore
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=hellebore
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellebore
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hellebore
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hellebore
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=hellebore
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=hellebore