Meaning of BANEBERRY
| Pronunciation: | | 'beyn`beree
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- [n] a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries
- [n] a poisonous berry of a plant of the genus Actaea
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| | Synonyms: | | cohosh, herb Christopher |
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| | See Also: | | Actaea, Actaea alba, Actaea rubra, baneberry, berry, doll's eyes, genus Actaea, poisonous plant, red baneberry, redberry, snakeberry, white baneberry, white bead, white cohosh | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bane"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
A genus {(Act[ae]a)} of plants, of the order
{Ranunculace[ae]}, native in the north temperate zone. The
red or white berries are poisonous.
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