black hellebore

English

Veratrum nigrum

Wikispecies

Noun

black hellebore (plural black hellebores)

1. A poisonous and medicinal plant, Helleborus niger.
   • 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 272:

     Christmas rose (black hellebore), strewn on the floor or burned, drove away witches.

2. Another similarly poisonous and medicinal plant, the black false hellebore, Veratrum nigrum.

Translations

Helleborus niger

• Dutch: kerstroos (nl) m or f
• French: hellébore noir (fr) m, rose de Noël (fr) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: σκάρφη f (skárphē)

• Ido: heleboro nigra (io), nigra heleboro (io)
• Norman: rose dé Noué f (Jersey, Guernsey)
• Ottoman Turkish: كرپی (kirpi)
• Swedish: julros (sv) c