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Helleborus

noun

a genus of Helleborus

• Syn: ↑genus Helleborus

• Hypernyms: ↑magnoliid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Ranunculaceae, ↑family Ranunculaceae, ↑buttercup family, ↑crowfoot family

• Member Meronyms: ↑hellebore

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\\heˈlebərəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, hellebore — more at hellebore

: a genus of Eurasian perennial herbs (family Ranunculaceae) having deeply divided leaves and showy flowers with five petaloid sepals

Useful english dictionary. 2012.