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veratrum(dictionary)
Veratrum album(medicine)
Veratrum viride(medicine)
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veratrum (iou)



veratrum noun. L16.
[Latin.]
Any of various tall acrid plants constituting the genus Veratrum, of the lily family, which have broad leaves and clustered greenish or whitish flowers (also called false hellebore); esp. the European white hellebore, Veratrum album, and the N. American V. viride. Also, the poisonous rhizome of any of these plants.