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VERATRUM . The See also:Greek physicians were acquainted with a poisonous See also:herb which they called See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:hellebore, and which has been supposed to represent the Veratrum See also:album of modem botanists. Be this as it may, in See also:modern times the name has been applied to a genus of herbaceous See also:plants belonging to the natural See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order See also:Liliaceae. Veratrum is a tall-growing herb, having a fibrous See also:root-stock, an erect See also:stem, with numerous broad, plicated leaves placed alternately, and terminal, much-branched clusters of greenish or purplish polygamous See also:flowers. Each perfect See also:flower consists of six See also:regular petals, as many stamens, whose anthers open outwardly, and a three-celled See also:superior ovary which ripens into a three-celled, many-seeded See also:capsule. The genus comprises about nine See also:species, natives of the temperate
regions of the See also:northern hemisphere, generally growing in pastures or See also:woods. V. album and the See also:American species V. viride are commonly grown in gardens as ornamental perennials, but their poisonous qualities should be kept in mind, particularly as they See also:bear a considerable resemblance in foliage to the harmless Gentiana lutea. Both contain the potent See also:alkaloid veratrine.
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