transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhe-lə-ˌbȯr ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English elebre, from Anglo-French, from Latin elleborus, helleborus, from Greek helleboros
Date: 15th century
1. : any of a genus ( Helleborus ) of poisonous Eurasian herbs of the buttercup family having showy flowers with petaloid sepals ; also : the dried rhizome of a hellebore (as H. niger ) formerly used in medicine
2. : a poisonous herb (genus Veratrum ) of the lily family ; also : the dried rhizome of a hellebore ( V. album or V. viride ) that is used as an insecticide and contains toxic alkaloids that are cardiac and respiratory depressants