noun
1. slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green
• Syn: ↑lenten rose, ↑Helleborus orientalis
• Hypernyms: ↑hellebore
2. European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers
• Syn: ↑Christmas rose, ↑winter rose, ↑Helleborus niger
• Hypernyms: ↑hellebore
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noun1. : either of two hellebores:
a. : an herb (Helleborus orientalis) with greenish to dark purple flowers
b. : christmas rose
2. : the root of black hellebore
3. : black sanicle 1
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black hellebore,
= Christmas rose. (Cf. ↑Christmas rose)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.