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A plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries
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baneberry
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A flowering plant of the genus ''Actaea''. 2 The poisonous berry of one of these plants.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Baneberry \Bane"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) A genus (Act[ae]a) of plants, of the order Ranunculace[ae] , native in the north temperate zone. The red or white berries are poisonous.
Gazetteer
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Population (2000): 366 Housing Units (2000): 186 Land area (2000): 1.805147 sq. miles (4.675308 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000905 sq. miles (0.002345 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.806052 sq. miles (4.677653 sq. km) FIPS code: 03078 Located within: Tennessee ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a poisonous berry of a plant of the genus Actaea a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries [syn: cohosh , herb Christopher ]
Usage examples of baneberry.
But your stomach contents and blood analysis showed monkshood as well as baneberry.
White baneberry blossoms leaned close and the woods were carpeted ankle-deep in bluebead lilies.
Unfortunately the old woman seemed to take no food she did not gather or trap herself, and while he contemplated leaving a steaming pie at the door to her house, made of ripe apples and lethal baneberries, he dismissed it soon enough as impractical.
Unfortunately the old woman seemed to take no food she did not gather or trap herself, and while he contemplated leaving a steaming pie at the door to her house, made of ripe apples and lethal baneberries, he dismissed it soon enough as impractical.
I gathered and stored the poisons as Chade had taught me: water hemlock, deathcap mushroom, nightshade, elderberry pith, baneberry, and heart seize.
He skirted a wide-boled aspen and rode through grass scattered with purple and pink asters, white sego lilies, and red baneberry.