Crossword clues for veratrum
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Veratrine \Ve*ra"trine\ (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. v['e]ratrine. See Veratrum.] (Chem.) A poisonous alkaloid obtained from the root hellebore ( Veratrum) and from sabadilla seeds as a white crystalline powder, having an acrid, burning taste. It is sometimes used externally, as in ointments, in the local treatment of neuralgia and rheumatism. Called also veratria, and veratrina.
Veratrum \Ve*ra"trum\, n. [L. veratrum hellebore.] (Bot.) A genus of coarse liliaceous herbs having very poisonous qualities.
Note: Veratrum album of Europe, and Veratrum viride of America, are both called hellebore. They grow in wet land, have large, elliptical, plicate leaves in three vertical ranks, and bear panicles of greenish flowers.
Wiktionary
n. Any of various poisonous herbs of the genus ''Veratrum''
Wikipedia
Veratrum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melanthiaceae. It occurs in damp habitats across much of temperate and subarctic Europe, Asia, and North America.
Veratrum species are vigorous herbaceous perennials with highly poisonous black rhizomes, and panicles of white or brown flowers on erect stems. In English they are known as the false hellebores or corn lilies. However, they are not closely related to lilies or hellebores, nor do they resemble them.
Usage examples of "veratrum".
Our favorite mode of administering both veratrum and aconite is to add ten drops of the tincture to ten or fifteen teaspoonfuls of water, of which one teaspoonful may be administered every hour.
One of the best agents employed to make a decided impression upon the vascular system, subdue inflammation, and modify its action, is the fluid extract of veratrum viride, administered in full doses, and repeated until the system shows its effects in a decided manner.
A moderate dose of veratrum produces a reduction in the rate of the pulse, with a fall in the arterial pressure.
There are white and green hellebore, Veratrum alba and Veratrum viride.
American Hellebore closely resembles the German Veratrum album, or White Hellebore, and the Mexican V.
At an elevation of from 3,000 to 4,500 feet, it is a characteristic species of many parts of France and Switzerland, where, even when not in flower, the numerous barren shoots form conspicuous objects: the leaves are at first sight very similar to Veratrum album, the White Hellebore, which is its frequent companion.