| veratrum | (n) a genus of coarse poisonous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae, Syn. genus Veratrum |
| white hellebore | (n) North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally, Syn. bugbane, Indian poke, Veratrum viride, American hellebore |
| Veratrum | ‖prop. n. [ L. veratrum hellebore. ] (Bot.) A genus of coarse liliaceous herbs having very poisonous qualities. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |