Definition of Helleborus niger

1. Noun. European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers.

Exact synonyms: Black Hellebore, Christmas Rose, Winter Rose
Generic synonyms: Hellebore

Lexicographical Neighbors of Helleborus Niger

Hell's Half Acre
Hell's Kitchen
Hell Week
Hell hole
Hell holes
Hell no
Hella
Helladic
Helladic civilisation
Helladic civilization
Helladic culture
Hellanodic
Hellanodics
Hellas
Helleborus foetidus
Helleborus niger (current term)
Helleborus orientalis
Helleborus viridis
Hellen
Hellene
Hellenes
Hellenian
Hellenic
Hellenic Republic
Hellenic language
Hellenisation
Hellenisations
Hellenise
Hellenised
Helleniser

Literary usage of Helleborus niger

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of organic materia medica: Being a Guide to Materia Medica of the by John Michael Maisch (1892)
"Helleborus niger.—Transverse section of rhizome and root, magnified 3 diam. FIG. 94. Helleborus virdis.—Transverse section of rhizome and root, ..."

2. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1879)
"Mrs. Edgeworth afterwards tried the effect of the plant, and with precisely the same result Helleborus niger. Authorities. 36, Cattell, Brit. ..."

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