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HELLEBORUS NIGER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Helleborus niger mean? 

HELLEBORUS NIGER (noun)
  The noun HELLEBORUS NIGER has 1 sense:

1. European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowersplay

  Familiarity information: HELLEBORUS NIGER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HELLEBORUS NIGER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black hellebore; Christmas rose; Helleborus niger; winter rose

Hypernyms ("Helleborus niger" is a kind of...):

hellebore (any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus)


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