Definition of Helleborus orientalis

1. Noun. Slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green.

Exact synonyms: Black Hellebore, Lenten Rose
Generic synonyms: Hellebore

Lexicographical Neighbors of Helleborus Orientalis

Hell's Kitchen
Hell Week
Hell hole
Hell holes
Hell no
Hella
Helladic
Helladic civilisation
Helladic civilization
Helladic culture
Hellanodic
Hellanodics
Hellas
Helleborus foetidus
Helleborus niger
Helleborus orientalis (current term)
Helleborus viridis
Hellen
Hellene
Hellenes
Hellenian
Hellenic
Hellenic Republic
Hellenic language
Hellenisation
Hellenisations
Hellenise
Hellenised
Helleniser
Hellenisers

Literary usage of Helleborus orientalis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1876)
"(Straightening up), Aching in stomach.—(Walking), Aching in stomach.—(Warm broth), Vomiting, etc. Helleborus orientalis. Helleborus orientalis, Lam. ..."

2. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1900)
"Helleborus orientalis, Lam. N. 0. Ranunculaceae. Tincture of root. Clinical.—Diarrhoea. Indigestion. Salivation. Characteristics. ..."

3. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1838)
"This plant, the Helleborus orientalis of botanists, was found by Sibthorp abundantly in mountainous broken ground in Greece and the Levant, ..."

4. A Botanical Materia Medica by Jonathan Stokes (1812)
"HELLEBORUS orientalis. Stem with many flowers. Leaves pedate, hirsute underneath. L. a Willd. ii. 1337, from a dried specimen.—Lam. H. officinalis. Sal. ..."

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