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‖ veratrum Bot.|vəˈreɪtrəm|
[L. vērātrum hellebore.]
1. A perennial genus typical of the family Veratreæ of liliaceous plants; a plant belonging to this genus, esp. the white hellebore (V. album); also, the rhizome of this.
[1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. lv. (Bodl. MS.), Eloborus;..þe Romayns clepeþ þis herbe Veratrum,..and þerof is twei manere of kinde, white & blacke. 1548Turner Names Herbes (E.D.S.) 79 Veratrum..maye be called in englishe Nesewurte.] 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. ii. (1586) 69 Veratrum, there are two kindes of it, the blacke and the white. 1601Holland Pliny II. 232 The root of Veratrum or Ellebore..maketh a most excellent medicine to rid it [dandruff] away. 1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Veratrum, the same with Helleborus. 1753Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. s.v., The species of white Hellebore, enumerated by Mr. Tournefort, are these: 1. The greenish-flowered Veratrum. And 2. The early-flowering Veratrum, with blackish purple flowers. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XVIII. 642/1 Veratrum has likewise been found useful in epilepsy, and other convulsive complaints. 1823Crabb Technol. Dict. s.v., White-flowered Veratrum, or White Hellebore. 1836Penny Cycl. VI. 448/1 We strongly suspect that all these supposed Veratrums really belong rather to the genus Helonias [etc.]. 1871Garrod Mat. Med. (ed. 3) 345 Therapeutics [of Veratria]. As veratrum, but much more powerful.
2. attrib. and Comb., as veratrum family, veratrum-leaved adj.; veratrum-resin (see quots.).
1836J. M. Gully Magendie's Formul. (ed. 2) 69 That all the individuals of the veratrum family possessed a very acrid taste. 1843Florist's Jrnl. (1846) IV. 156 Calanthe veratrifolia. (Derived from veratrum-leaved.) 1853Royle Mat. Med. (ed. 2) 664 Veratrum Wine. 1868Watts Dict. Chem. V. 997 Veratrum-resin,..a constituent of sabadilla-seeds. 1888Cassell's Encycl. Dict., Veratrum-resin,..a brownish resin, extracted from sabadilla seeds. |