OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 17583

hellebore

/ˈhɛlɪbɔː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
eléboro
Any of the common garden flowering plants of the genus Helleborus, in family Ranunculaceae, having supposed medicinal properties.
Aretæus recommends moderate venæsection to be repeated, if the patient is plethoric, purging with black hellebore, and in some cases emetics; nourishing diet.
Deadly nightshade, henbane, hellebore and mandrakes were of evil reputation[.]
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