Associations to the word «Helleborus»

Wiktionary

HELLEBORUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae   — hellebores.
HELLEBORUS FOETIDUS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Ranunculaceae   — a flowering evergreen plant, bear's-foot, native to central and southern Europe, naturalized elsewhere.
HELLEBORUS NIGER, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Ranunculaceae   — Christmas rose or black hellebore, native to Europe.

Dictionary definition

HELLEBORUS, noun. A genus of Helleborus.

Wise words

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