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WHITE BEAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does white bead mean?
• WHITE BEAD (noun)
The noun WHITE BEAD has 1 sense:
1. North American herb with white poisonous berries
Familiarity information: WHITE BEAD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American herb with white poisonous berries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Actaea alba; doll's eyes; white baneberry; white bead; white cohosh
Hypernyms ("white bead" is a kind of...):
baneberry; cohosh; herb Christopher (a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries)
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