HELLEBORUS

Meaning of HELLEBORUS in English

heˈlebərəs noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, hellebore — more at hellebore

: a genus of Eurasian perennial herbs (family Ranunculaceae) having deeply divided leaves and showy flowers with five petaloid sepals

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

HELLEBORE — noun Etymology: Middle English elebre, from Anglo-French, from Latin elleborus, helleborus, from Greek helleboros Date: 15th century any of a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CHRISTMAS ROSE — noun Date: 1688 a European evergreen herb ( Helleborus niger ) of the buttercup family that has usually white flowers …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HELLEBORE — Member of either of two genera of poisonous herbaceous plants, Helleborus ( buttercup family) and Veratrum ( lily family ). …
Английский словарь Британика
HELLEBORE — ˈheləˌbō(ə)r noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin helleborus, elleborus, from Greek helleboros, perhaps from hellos, ellos fawn + -boros (from …
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GREEN HELLEBORE — noun 1. : american hellebore 2. : a hellebore ( Helleborus viridis ) with large pedate leaves and solitary nodding …
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CHRISTMAS ROSE — noun Usage: usually capitalized C : a European herb ( Helleborus niger ) having white or purplish roselike flowers produced …
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BLACK HELLEBORE — noun 1. : either of two hellebores: a. : an herb ( Helleborus orientalis ) with greenish to dark purple …
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BEAR'S-FOOT — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( plural bear's-foots ) : a hellebore ( Helleborus foetidus ) with digitate leaves, an acrid taste, an …
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SETTERWORT — (n.) The bear's-foot (Helleborus f/tidus); -- so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the …
Английский словарь Webster
HELLEBORE — (n.) A genus of perennial herbs (Helleborus) of the Crowfoot family, mostly having powerfully cathartic and even poisonous qualities. H. …
Английский словарь Webster
BEAR'S-FOOT — (n.) A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is …
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SETTERWORT — ( n. ) The bear's-foot (Helleborus f/tidus); -- so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HELLEBORE — ( n. ) A genus of perennial herbs (Helleborus) of the Crowfoot family, mostly having powerfully cathartic and even poisonous …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BEAR'S-FOOT — ( n. ) A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, …
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HELLEBORE — /hel"euh bawr', -bohr'/ , n. 1. any of several plants of the genus Helleborus, of the buttercup family, having basal …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHRISTMAS ROSE — a European hellebore, Helleborus niger, having evergreen leaves and white-to-purplish flowers that bloom in the winter. Also called winter rose …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HELLEBORE — noun Etymology: Middle English elebre, from Anglo-French, from Latin elleborus, helleborus, from Greek helleboros Date: 15th century 1. : any …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHRISTMAS ROSE — Date: 1688 : a European evergreen herb ( Helleborus niger ) of the buttercup family that has usually white flowers …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SETTERWORT — noun the bear's-foot (helleborus f/tidus); so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the …
Webster English vocab
HELLEBORE — noun any plant of several species of the poisonous liliaceous genus veratrum, especially v. album and v. viride, both called …
Webster English vocab
BEAR'S-FOOT — noun a species of hellebore (helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves. it has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is …
Webster English vocab
HELLEBORE — [ 'hɛlɪbɔ: ] ■ noun a poisonous winter-flowering plant with coarse divided leaves and large white, green, or purplish flowers. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
LENTEN ROSE — ■ noun a hellebore that is cultivated for its flowers, which appear in late winter or early spring. [ Helleborus …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CHRISTMAS ROSE — ■ noun a small white-flowered winter-blooming hellebore. [ Helleborus niger .]
Concise Oxford English vocab
HELLEBORE — [hel.le.bore] n [ME elebre, fr. L elleborus, helleborus, fr. Gk helleboros] (15c) 1: any of a genus (Helleborus) of poisonous …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHRISTMAS ROSE — [Christmas rose] n (1688): a European evergreen herb (Helleborus niger) of the buttercup family that has usu. white flowers produced …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HELLEBORE — member of either of two genera of poisonous herbaceous plants, Helleborus and Veratrum, some species of which are grown as …
Britannica English vocabulary
RANUNCULALES — buttercup order of dicotyledonous flowering plants, a division of the subclass Magnoliidae. The order contains 8 families, 167 genera, and …
Britannica English vocabulary
HELLEBORE — n. Member of either of two genera of poisonous herbaceous plants, Helleborus ( buttercup family) and Veratrum ( lily family …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BEAR'S-FOOT — бот. морозник (Helleborus); морозник вонючий (Helleborus foetidus)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
BEAR'S-FOOT — бот. морозник ( Helleborus ) ; морозник вонючий ( Helleborus foetidus )
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