Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
ve·ra·trum Pronunciation:
v&-'rA-tr&m Function:
noun 1 a capitalized : a genus of coarse herbs of the lilyfamily (Liliaceae) having short poisonous rootstocks, large clasping leaves, and panicled flowers with the perianth segments adnate to the ovary
b : any hellebore of the genus
Veratrum 2 : HELLEBORE 2b
