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veratrum.

hellebore; (poisonous winter plant);

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[weːˈraː.trũː]Classical-Latin[veˈraː.trum]
  1. hellebore

    declension-2
Where this word comes from

Unclear: perhaps from vērē (“truly, verily”) + āter (“dull black, dark”), or perhaps related to vērō (“to tell the truth”) on the grounds that it cures people of their mental illness, or perhaps a separate derivation from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist, writhe”).

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