veratrum noun. [vǝ'reɪtrǝm] L16.
[Latin.]
Any of various tall acrid plants constituting the genus Veratrum, of the lily family, which have broad leaves and clustered greenish or whitish flowers (also called false hellebore); esp. the European white hellebore, Veratrum album, and the N. American V. viride. Also, the poisonous rhizome of any of these plants.

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