Hellebore Synonyms

hĕlə-bôr
Perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. false hellebore

Words Related to Hellebore

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. alyssum
  2. colchicum
  3. hollyhock
  4. delphinium
  5. auricula
  6. cistus
  7. grey-leaved
  8. large-flowered
  9. camassia
  10. grandiflorum
  11. wood-sorrel
  12. sempervivum
  13. corydalis
  14. anthurium
  15. mignonette

Hellebore Sentence Examples

  • For all exposed sawfly larvae hellebore washes are most fatal, but they must not be used over ripe or ripening fruit, as the hellebore is poisonous.

  • Quinctius Flamininus in 198 B.C. The city was famous for its black hellebore, a herb which was regarded as a cure for insanity.

  • Hellebore was likewise considered beneficial in cases of gout and epilepsy.

  • In Hellebore the petals become folded FIG.

  • Four species of Dewalquea, a ranunculaceous genus allied to the hellebore, make their appearance in the Upper Senonian of Westphalia, other species occurring at Aix-la-Chapelle in deposits of about the same age.

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