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Definition of Red baneberry
1. Noun. North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berries.
Generic synonyms: Baneberry, Cohosh, Herb Christopher
Lexicographical Neighbors of Red Baneberry
Literary usage of Red baneberry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wild Flowers of the North American Mountains by Julia Wilmotte Henderson Henshaw (1915)
"red baneberry Actaa rubra. Crowfoot Family Stems: one to six feet high from a
... The red baneberry is a perennial herb, not a shrub, and grows to the ..."
2. Hesperian (1862)
"THE accompanying outline of the red baneberry was sketched from fresh specimens of
... Most observers will agree with us, that at least the red baneberry, ..."
3. Organic materia medica: Including the Standard Remedies of the Leading by Parke, Davis & Company (1888)
"red baneberry. Properties,—A. violent purgative, which must be used with caution.
Said to possess emmenagogue properties. Dr. Davies states that this root ..."
4. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1903)
"5 March, 1903 No. 51 AN EXPERIMENT WITH THE FRUIT OF red baneberry. ALICE E.
BACON. SOME years ago several plants of the red baneberry ..."
5. Mountain Wild Flowers of America: A Simple and Popular Guide to the Names by Julia W. Henshaw (1906)
"The red baneberry is a perennial herb, not a shrub ; but since it grows to the
height of six feet, and is a very large bushy plant, it has been placed in ..."
6. Mountain Wild Flowers of Canada: A Simple and Popular Guide to the Names and by Julia Wilmotte Henshaw (1906)
"The red baneberry is a perennial herb, not a shrub ; but since it grows to the
height of six feet, and is a very large bushy plant, it has been placed in ..."
7. Mountain Wild Flowers of Canada: A Simple and Popular Guide to the Names and by Julia Wilmotte Henshaw (1906)
"The red baneberry is a perennial herb, not a shrub ; but since it grows to the
height of six feet, and is a very large bushy plant, it has been placed in ..."
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