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Definition of Baneberry
1. Noun. A poisonous berry of a plant of the genus Actaea.
2. Noun. A plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries.
Group relationships: Actaea, Genus Actaea
Specialized synonyms: Actaea Rubra, Red Baneberry, Red-berry, Redberry, Snakeberry, Actaea Alba, Doll's Eyes, White Baneberry, White Bead, White Cohosh
Generic synonyms: Poisonous Plant
Definition of Baneberry
1. n. A genus (Actæa) of plants, of the order Ranunculaceæ, native in the north temperate zone. The red or white berries are poisonous.
Definition of Baneberry
1. Noun. A flowering plant of the genus ''Actaea''. ¹
2. Noun. The poisonous berry of one of these plants. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Baneberry
1. [n -BERRIES]
Medical Definition of Baneberry
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Baneberry
Literary usage of Baneberry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Familiar Flowers of Field and Garden by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1895)
"shape; the stems which bear the fruit are very thick, and turn red when the
berries are fully ripe. The baneberry is a very familiar object in the moist, ..."
2. Field, Forest, and Garden Botany, a Simple Introduction to the Common Plants by Asa Gray (1880)
"A. alba, WHITE baneberry. Taller than the other, smoother, and flowering a week
or two ... Ц Like baneberry, but tall, with very long racemes (1° -3°), ..."
3. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1907)
"ACT S. A (baneberry*). — Vigorous perennials of the Buttercup order, 3 ft. to 6 ft.
high, thriving in free soil ; flower spikes, white and long, ..."
4. The Stock-poisoning plants of Montana: A Preliminary Report by Victor King Chesnut, Earley Vernon Wilcox (1901)
"Had a stronger extract been made from leaves more thoroughly shredded, it would
undoubtedly have given the characteristic tests for prussic acid. baneberry. ..."
5. Wild Flowers of the North American Mountains by Julia W. Henshaw (1915)
"RED baneberry Actaa rubra. Crowfoot Family Stems: one to six feet high from a
... The Red baneberry is a perennial herb, not a shrub, and grows to the ..."
6. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson, F. L. S., William Robinson (1906)
"The white baneberry has white berries with red ... white berries with red stalks,
and one or two American forms of the common baneberry are in cultivation. ..."
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