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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Hel·le·bore n.
 1. Bot. A genus of perennial herbs (Helleborus) of the Crowfoot family, mostly having powerfully cathartic and even poisonous qualities.  Helleborus niger is the European black hellebore, or Christmas rose, blossoming in winter or earliest spring. Helleborus officinalis was the officinal hellebore of the ancients.
 2. Bot. Any plant of several species of the poisonous liliaceous genus Veratrum, especially Veratrum album and Veratrum viride, both called white hellebore.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Helleborus niger
      n : European evergreen plant with white or purplish roselike
          winter-blooming flowers [syn: Christmas rose, winter
           rose, black hellebore]