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hellebore
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hel·le·bore
/ ˈheləˌbôr/
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n.
a poisonous winter-flowering Eurasian plant (genus Helleborus) of the buttercup family, typically having coarse divided leaves and large white, green, or purplish flowers.
∎ another term for false hellebore.
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Hellebores
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 2/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...specimen, the Corsican hellebore, Helleborus argutifolius...I moved it. (All hellebores resent root disturbance...strain that becomes the hellebore bores' next big obsession. Good sources of hellebores include: Ashwood Nurseries...is holding special hellebore open days on February...
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Hellebores grabbing the spotlight.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 4/12/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...he calls "the best hellebore breeder on the continent...author of a book on hellebores, who became his mentor...Elizabeth this spring at hellebore time, for the first...see Elizabeth in the hellebores there," particularly...honor. It was visiting hellebore breeders in Europe...
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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HARDY HELLEBORES OFF-SEASON BLOOMERS ARE A SNAP TO GROW.(Life and Arts)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 2/15/2001; 700+ words
; ...hole. Tougher hellebores exist. Corsican hellebore (H. argutifolius...the Corsican hellebore can take more...and recross hellebores, and it's...chances to see hellebores in bloom in...to buy the hellebore that grabs your...
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HYBRID HELLEBORES ARE HOT BUT HARD TO FIND
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 3/15/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...the mildly poisonous hellebores as a secret weapon...tunneling and they hit that hellebore root and they move...Another good spot for hellebores is outside a window...florists to promote hellebores as a commercial cut...so-called stinking hellebore (H. foetidus, hardy...
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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HERE'S TO HELLEBORES; EARLY BLOOMERS PICKED AS 2005'S PERENNIAL OF THE YEAR.(CNY)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 2/26/2005; 700+ words
; ...family, including hellebores, contain poisonous...some people. Most hellebore species are hardy...For more about hellebore species that do well...accompanying box "Hellebore species in Central...have been hybridizing hellebores for decades. The different...
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The Exceptional Hellebore; Once Set, It Provides Colorful Flowers in Mid-Winter
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/28/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...with the few deciduous hellebores. "I like their all...also known as Corsican hellebore - has thick, leafy...apple green. Stinking hellebore has bell- shaped flowers...bloom matures. All the hellebores hybridize naturally...identifying a hybrid. The hellebore defies conventional...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Hearty hellebores provide colorful sign of spring.(Home & Garden)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 3/16/2003; 700+ words
; ...grand finale (in hellebore terms) comes with...grow of all the hellebores, Lenten Rose is...conditions in summer, hellebores are good ground...shade. - Care of hellebores: An established hellebore is a relatively...
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WINTER ROSES: HARDY HELLEBORES FOR NORTHWESTERN GARDENS.(Lifestyle)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 3/3/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...introduction of a new hellebore strain. The winter...Royal Heritage'' hellebores were developed...as ``oriental hellebore'' (Helleborus...winter-blooming hellebores are sometimes called...wider choice of hellebores to choose from...Evergreen stinking hellebore (H. foetidus...
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 "The Saturday Star (South Africa)")
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Work wonders with captivating hellebores.(Life)
Newspaper article from: The Saturday Star (South Africa); 8/12/2006; 700+ words
; ...in your garden. Hellebore (helleborous hybridus...winter garden. Hellebores provide winter...According to hellebore grower Thelma Carson...in Morningside, hellebores are a perfect candidate...gardens. "Some hellebores are in flower already...Thelma." The hellebore flower remains...
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Winter Flowers; Dainty Hellebore Is a Solid Performer
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/6/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...nearly a dozen hellebore blooms on its...cover that hellebores "are destined...Delaware contain a Hellebore Walk where different hellebores harmonize in...as stinking hellebore or setterwort...than other hellebores, and it self...
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hellebore
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
hellebore , name usually for plants...flowers of various colors. Hellebores are noted for their early...particularly the black hellebore or Christmas rose ( H...that resemble wild roses. Hellebores and other species have been...
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Agathinus, Claudius
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...verification — administered hellebore (elleborus) to a dog, which therewith...x201D; and, finally, a work on hellebore. All of these show, therefore, that...Leipzig, 1934), 62; and on the hellebore, in Caelius Aurelianus, Celeres vel...
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poisoning
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...sublimate, litharge, nux vomica, laurel berries, and hellebore in his De Remedis Venenorum . In the Book of Venoms , 1424, Magister Sautes de Ardoynis listed arsenic, aconite, hellebore, laurel, opium, bryony, mandrake, leopard's gall...
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Archigenes
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...x2019; ε λ λ β ó ρ ο υ ( “ On the Giving of Hellebore ” ), but these may have been protions of a larger work. Some of his prescriptions have been preserved in Galen...
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poke
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...x2022; n. dial. a bag or small sack. ∎ inf. a purse or wallet. PHRASES: a pig in a poke see pig . poke 3 • n. 1. another term for pokeweed . 2. ( Indian poke ) another term for false hellebore .
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