black hellebore

Questions about black hellebore

What does black hellebore mean?

black hellebore means "slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for black hellebore?

Close synonyms include lenten rose, Helleborus orientalis, Christmas rose, winter rose, Helleborus niger. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is black hellebore a common word?

black hellebore is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.