American hellebore


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Related to American hellebore: American white hellebore
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Noun1.American hellebore - North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemesAmerican hellebore - North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally
bugbane, Indian poke, Veratrum viride, white hellebore
false hellebore, hellebore - perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes
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