Dictionary   FastHealth  Email This!

 


ve·ra·trum

n 1 a  cap  :  a genus of coarse herbs of the lily family (Liliaceae) having short poisonous rootstocks, large clasping leaves, and panicled flowers with the perianth segments adnate to the ovary  b  :  any hellebore of the genus Veratrum  2  :  HELLEBORE 2b .
 
 

 
Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.  © 1997-2024.







               



               



St. Luke Hospital and Living Center (Marion, Kansas - Marion County)