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hellebores

The correct spelling is hellebores.

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The correct spelling is hellebores. Any of the common garden flowering plants of the genus Helleborus, in family Ranunculaceae, having supposed medicinal properties.

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  1. 1.Any of the common garden flowering plants of the genus Helleborus, in family Ranunculaceae, having supposed medicinal properties.
  2. 2.A toxic extract of certain false hellebores (Veratrum album or Veratrum viride), formerly used as a pesticide.

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