hellebore

1. Perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes (synset 112484981)
   is a type of: liliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
   subtypes: american hellebore, bugbane, indian poke, veratrum viride, white hellebore - North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally
   belongs to: genus veratrum, veratrum - a genus of coarse poisonous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae
   same as: false hellebore
2. Any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus (synset 111754373)
   is a type of: poisonous plant - a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism
   subtypes:

   • bear's foot, helleborus foetidus, setterwort, stinking hellebore - digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internally
   • black hellebore, christmas rose, helleborus niger, winter rose - European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers
   • black hellebore, helleborus orientalis, lenten rose - slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green
   • green hellebore, helleborus viridis - deciduous plant with large deep green pedate leaves and nodding saucer-shaped green flowers
   belongs to: genus helleborus, helleborus - a genus of Helleborus

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