Christmas rose
a European hellebore, Helleborus niger, widely cultivated for its attractive and hardy evergreen leaves and white-to-purplish flowers that bloom in the winter: the entire Christmas rose plant is poisonous.
Origin of Christmas rose
1- Also called black hel·le·bore [blak-hel-uh-bawr], /ˈblæk ˈhɛl əˌbɔr/, winter rose.
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How to use Christmas rose in a sentence
From the infusion or decoction of black hellebore (Helleborus officinalis).
According to modern botanists, black hellebore is not, as was for long supposed the of Hippocrates.
Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles | Daniel Hack TukeVomits of white hellebore or antimony, and purges of black hellebore or aloes, are prescribed.
Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles | Daniel Hack TukeVarious superstitions were in olden times connected with the cutting of black hellebore.
Black Hellebore grows wild on the Appenine and other mountains, preferring such as are rocky.
The Botanical Magazine, Vol. I | William Curtis
British Dictionary definitions for Christmas rose
an evergreen ranunculaceous plant, Helleborus niger, of S Europe and W Asia, with white or pinkish winter-blooming flowers: Also called: hellebore, winter rose
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