noun
a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries
• Hypernyms: ↑poisonous plant
• Hyponyms:
↑red baneberry, ↑redberry, ↑red-berry, ↑snakeberry, ↑Actaea rubra, ↑white baneberry, ↑white cohosh, ↑white bead, ↑doll's eyes, ↑Actaea alba
• Member Holonyms: ↑Actaea, ↑genus Actaea
• Part Meronyms: ↑baneberry
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\\-ˈkristəfə(r)\ noun (plural herbs christopher or herb christophers)Usage: usually capitalized C
Etymology: translation of New Latin or Medieval Latin herba (Sancti) Christophori, after Christophorus (St. Christopher) 3d century Christian martyr
1. : a common European baneberry (Actaea spicata)
2. : either of two American baneberries:
a. : white baneberry
b. : red baneberry
3. : royal fern
4. : fleabane a
5. : meadowsweet 2
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herb Christopher noun
Baneberry
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Main Entry: ↑herb
Useful english dictionary. 2012.