HELLEBORE

hĕlˈəbôr, name usually for plants of the genus Helleborus of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family), Eurasian perennials with attractive palmately divided leaves and flowers of various colors. Hellebores are noted for their early blooming, particularly the black hellebore or Christmas rose (H. niger), with evergreen leaves and white or greenish blossoms that resemble wild roses. Hellebores and other species have been used medicinally but are highly toxic. Species of the genus Veratrum—which are also poisonous and medicinal and which yield an insecticide—are variously known as false, or American, hellebore and white hellebore; they are unrelated plants of the family Liliaceae (lily family). Hellebore is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Ranunculales, family Ranunculaceae.

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books on: Hellebore  - 403 results

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Romantic Medicine and John Keats
Book by Hermione De Almeida; Oxford University Press, 1991
Subjects: Keats, John--1795-1821--Knowledge--Medicine, Medicine In Literature, Medicine--England--History--19th Century, Romanticism--England
...with Neptune. 13 Decorative hellebore vines, the Christmas flower...Burton describes the syrup of hellebore as a cure for black choler...Treatise on Madness 1758 notes hellebores power as an antimonial vomit...Guys Hospital recommended hellebore, as well as nightshade and...
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Horace for Students of Literature: The "Ars Poetica" and Its Tradition
Book by O. B. Hardison Jr., Leon Golden; University Press of Florida, 1995
Subjects: Aesthetics, Ancient--Poetry, Criticism, Criticism--Rome--Poetry, Didactic Poetry, Latin--History And Criticism, Epistolary Poetry, Latin--History And Criticism, Horace--Ars Poetica, Horace--Influence, Literature--History And Criticism--Theory, Etc, Poetics--Poetry
...Rudd, citing the use of the drug, hellebore, to treat insanity, suggests the rendering "three times Anticyras output of hellebore" adopted in the translation. Some have...the line to refer to the production of hellebore in three actual cities named Anticyra...
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Magika Hiera: Ancient Greek Magic and Religion
Book by Christopher A. Faraone, Dirk Obbink; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: Greece--Religion, Magic, Greek
...acknowledges the belief that black hellebore was sacred to a god 171 by describing...root. Since Dioscorides mentions hellebores association with an apparently...exuded vapors" ( - ) from the cut hellebore roots. Parkers comments on the...
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A Reference Companion to the History of Abnormal Psychology, A-L
Book by John G. Howells, M. Livia Osborn; Greenwood Press, 1984
Subjects: Psychology, Pathological--Early Works To 1900--Miscellanea, Psychology, Pathological--Miscellanea
...J., ed. 1976. The history of psychotherapy . HELLEBORE. Black hellebore, also known as the Christmas Rose, was used as...equivalent to saying "you are mad, go and eat hellebore." Melampus q.v. was said to have used it to...
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Exegetic Homilies
Book by Saint Basil, Sister Agnes Clare C. D.P. Way; Catholic University of America Press, 1963
Subjects: Bible--O.T--Psalms--Sermons, Sermons, Greek--Translations Into English
...seized upon the vital organs. Hellebore is food for quails, who escape...appetites with hemlock, and with hellebore have banished many of the...easily purged upward by the hellebores, should have their bodies...When one takes a draught of hellebore, one should be made to move...
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journal articles on: Hellebore  - 17 results

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Robert Burton's Geography of Melancholy
Journal article by Anne S. Chapple; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 33, 1993
Subjects: Burton, Robert--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Depression, Mental--Bibliography, European literature--Renaissance, 1450-1600, Maps--Social aspects
...remedy for insanity, a plant known as "hellebore," is the cure he mentions most often...Burtons Anatomy enlightens us further about hellebore: "Several towns in Greece were named...and all were famed for their black hellebore, a plant which was used by physicians...
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Shifting Synanthropy of the Crow in Eastern North America
Journal article by Daniel W. Gade; The Geographical Review, Vol. 100, 2010
Subjects: American crow--Distribution, American crow--Environmental aspects, Biogeography--Research, Human-animal relationships--Environmental aspects
...soak corn seed in a decoction of false hellebore (Veratrum viride) before planting...indigenous seed treatment with roots of false hellebore, also called "Indian poke." (7...American Indian groups who knew false hellebore and its effects (2007, 4-5). When...
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Tools of Self Definition: Nora Marks Dauenhauer's "how to Make Good Baked Salmon"
Journal article by Caskey Russell; Studies in American Indian Literatures, Vol. 16, 2004
Subjects: Culture, Dauenhauer, Nora Marks, Native North Americans, Poetry, Poets, Source studies, Tlingit Tribe
...will also recall that a similar plant, blue hellebore, was used as a safety precaution by Tlingits...it was necessary to look through rolled up hellebore leaves. In essence, the hellebore leaves became the binoculars through which...
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Mandrake from Antiquity to Harry Potter
Journal article by M. Van Den Berg, M. Dircksen; Akroterion, 2008
Subjects: Ancient medicine, Classical literature--Criticism and interpretation, Harry Potter Series (Series)--Criticism and interpretation, Mandrake--Health aspects, Mandrake--Portrayals, Mandrake--Usage, Medicinal plants--Portrayals, Medicine, Ancient
...cauterization whom they wish to anesthetize. A quantity of two obols of its juice drunk with hydromel brings up phlegm and bile as hellebore does; but when too much is drunk, it is lethal. It is compounded with ophthalmic and analgesic medications and with emollient...
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Tertullian's Pandora and John Milton's the Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce
Journal article by George F. Butler; Christianity and Literature, Vol. 52, 2003
Subjects: Milton, John--Criticism and interpretation, Mythological allusions--Criticism and interpretation, Tertullian--Influence, The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce (Book)--Criticism and interpretation
...follows: In moral evil much good can be mixed and that with remarkable cunning. "No one combines poison with gall, and with hellebore, but with savory sauces and delicacies .... So the devil steeps whatever deadly dish he prepares in Gods dearest...
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magazine articles on: Hellebore  - 18 results

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Reinvent Your Driveway
Magazine article; Sunset, Vol. 225, July 2010
Subjects: Driveways, Flowers & plants, Home repair & remodeling, Landscape architecture, Palo Alto California, Webber, Jeni
...half of their driveway and put in a curving path of concrete pavers. Then they added lush beds of astilbe, bears breech, hellebore, and hosta. (Some of the perennials that spill over the left side of the walkway were planted - with permissionon the neighbors...
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Gardening Resources on the Web
Magazine article by Janet Evans; Searcher, Vol. 9, March 2001
...names and common names. Common names often cause confusion. A Lenten Rose is not a rose by any other name at all - its a hellebore (Helleborous orientalis). So if you want to grow a Lenten Rose, its futile to consult a rose book or Web site. Lets say...
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Basic Elements of a Good Border
Magazine article; Sunset, Vol. 201, September 1998
Subjects: Color, Flowers & plants, Gardens & gardening
...bearded irises; or sword ferns and green-flowered Corsican hellebore. HOSTA. Gorgeous heart-shaped leaves with prominent veins...Diosma ericoides), ferns, heavenly bamboo, helichrysum, hellebores, lambs ears, Leptospermum, and rosemary. Exclamation Points...
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Garden Guide: 25
Magazine article by Kathleen N. Brenzel; Sunset, Vol. 200, May 1998
Subjects: Gardens & gardening, Western states
...PERENNIALS. Plant bleeding heart, bluebells, blue flax, campanula, columbine, delphiniums, gaillardia, geraniums, hellebore, Heuchera, Iceland and Oriental poppies, ladys-mantle, lupines, Maltese cross, penstemon, phlox, primroses, purple...
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Winter's Flower
Magazine article by Julie Chai; Sunset, Vol. 220, February 2008
Subjects: Flowers & plants, Gardens & gardening, Winter
...garnet, and deep amethyst, hellebores are at their prettiest from...Planting these beauties Hellebores range from 1 to 3 feet tall...Southern California, Corsican hellebore tolerates more sun than other...Alkaline soil is best, but most hellebores can adapt to acid soil. Set...
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Winter-Blooming Hellebores Deserve Their Own Show
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), February 16, 2005
Winter-Blooming Hellebores Deserve Their Own Show...heads of richly hued hellebore blossoms dance atop...already blooming) hellebores waiting to be discovered...we happen to like in hellebores: great foliage, rich...us to Mariettas one hellebore nemesis: snails...
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Heavenly Hellebores
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), February 17, 2005
...forms, too. No two hellebore plants have flowers...carefully and you can have hellebores flowering for literally...two is the Corsican hellebore, Helleborus argutifolius...wide. Although most hellebores originate from the...garden. The stinking hellebore, Helleborus foetidus...
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Lenten Roses Hardy, Shade-Loving Hellebores Bloom Even through Frost, Giving Us an Early Burst of Spring Color
Newspaper article by Deborah Donovan; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 23, 2008
...elevated the shy hellebore to star status...blooming, some hellebores have been known...scientists say the hellebore bloom is not a...bad news is that hellebores are toxic. This...appreciate new hellebore varieties because...best place to grow hellebores, she said...
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THE GARDEN: Hellebores Are Ideal Flowers for Early Springtime
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), September 2, 2006
Subjects: Flowers
...into the garden. Hellebores might not necessarily...crops of young hellebore plants that are...year. The first hellebore to greet us will...generally speaking hellebores are not fussy...of the easiest hellebores which you can afford...is the Corsican hellebore, Helleborus arguti...
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HELLEBORE HEAVEN; GARDENING Grey Skies and Shorter Days Needn't Mean a Dull and Dreary Garden. Some Flowers Refuse to Have Their Colours Dampened by the Onset of Winter
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 18, 2006
HELLEBORE HEAVEN; GARDENING...Say hello to the hellebores. They revel in...genus is the black hellebore, Helleborus niger...past is the black hellebore. This is so...medication. NOT all hellebores come with such...
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encyclopedia articles on: Hellebore  - 3 results

 
 
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Hellebore
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HELLEBORE hel bor, name usually for...flowers of various colors. Hellebores are noted for their early...particularly the black hellebore or Christmas rose ( H...that resemble wild roses. Hellebores and other species have been...
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Christmas Rose
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CHRISTMAS ROSE see hellebore . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Buttercup
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...representatives are the aconite , anemone , baneberry , bugbane , clematis (one of the few vine genera), columbine , globeflower , hellebore , hepatica , larkspur , love-in-a-mist , marsh marigold (the American cowslip), meadow rue , and peony . The largest...


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