WHITE HELLEBORE Definition & Meaning

white hellebore

[ hwahyt hel-uh-bawr, wahyt ]

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noun

a false hellebore, Veratrum album, with clusters of white flowers, native to Europe and western Asia: now rarely used in medicine, its alkaloids were once used in a number of treatments, as for high blood pressure, but accidental poisoning is due mostly to the plant’s resemblance to an ingestible European gentian.

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Origin of white hellebore¹

First recorded in 1400–50

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The powdered root of white hellebore is said to destroy both this grub and the caterpillars of the gooseberry moth and V-moth; infusion of foxglove, and tobacco-water, are likewise tried by some growers.

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If this does not prove efficacious, dust the under side of the leaves with white hellebore in a powder gun.

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For instance, they used white hellebore to cure their wounds, and John Josselyn tells us exactly how.

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Vomits of white hellebore or antimony, and purges of black hellebore or aloes, are prescribed.

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Take the brain—we have a disease, and we treat it with white hellebore.

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