noun
Meaning 1
A poisonous and medicinal plant, Helleborus niger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
black hellebore
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noun
Meaning 2
Another similarly poisonous and medicinal plant, the black false hellebore, Veratrum nigrum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Christmas rose, winter rose, Helleborus niger
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hellebore
noun
Meaning 4
slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lenten rose, Helleborus orientalis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hellebore
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: kerstroos — Helleborus niger
- French: hellébore noir — Helleborus niger
- French: rose de Noël — Helleborus niger
- Ancient Greek: σκάρφη (skárphē) — Helleborus niger
- Ido: heleboro nigra — Helleborus niger
- Ido: nigra heleboro — Helleborus niger
- Norman: rose dé Noué — Helleborus niger
- Swedish: julros — Helleborus niger
- Turkish: karaçöpleme — Helleborus niger
- Turkish: Noel gülü — Helleborus niger
- Ottoman Turkish: كرپی (kirpi) — Helleborus niger
- Welsh: pelydr du — Helleborus niger