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Definition: Paris quadrifolia
Paris quadrifolia
n : European herb with yellow-green flowers resembling and
closely related to the trilliums; reputed to be poisonous
[syn:
herb Paris]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Paris quadrifolia
Paris
\Par"is\, n. [From Paris, the son of Priam.] (Bot.)
A plant common in Europe (
Paris quadrifolia); herb Paris;
truelove. It has been used as a narcotic.
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Note: It much resembles the American genus
Trillium, but
has usually four leaves and a tetramerous flower.
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leopard's bane
\leop"ard's bane`\ (l[e^]p"[~e]rdz b[=a]n`) n.
(Bot.)
A name of several harmless plants, as
Arnica montana
(
Arnica acaulis syn.
Doronicum acaule),
Senecio Doronicum
, and
Paris quadrifolia.
Syn: leopardbane, leopard's-bane.
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Herb
\Herb\ ([~e]rb or h[~e]rb; 277), n. [OE. herbe, erbe, OF.
herbe, erbe, F. herbe, L. herba; perh. akin to Gr. forbh`
food, pasture, fe`rbein to feed.]
1. A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent,
but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.
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Note: Annual herbs live but one season; biennial herbs flower
the second season, and then die; perennial herbs
produce new stems year after year.
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2. Grass; herbage.
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And flocks
Grazing the tender herb. --Milton.
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Herb bennet. (Bot.) See
Bennet.
Herb Christopher (Bot.), an herb (
Act[ae]a spicata),
whose root is used in nervous diseases; the baneberry. The
name is occasionally given to other plants, as the royal
fern, the wood betony, etc.
Herb Gerard (Bot.), the goutweed; -- so called in honor of
St. Gerard, who used to be invoked against the gout. --Dr.
Prior.
Herb grace, or
Herb of grace. (Bot.) See
Rue.
Herb Margaret (Bot.), the daisy. See
Marguerite.
Herb Paris (Bot.), an Old World plant related to the
trillium (
Paris quadrifolia), commonly reputed
poisonous.
Herb Robert (Bot.), a species of
Geranium (
Geranium Robertianum
.)
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