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elleber

elleber noun: hellebore.

Noun

elleber (uncountable)

  1. (Appalachia, especially, rare) Hellebore.
    • Elleber Ridge; summit between Elleber Run and Tackey Fork in Pocahontas County. Elevation, 4,000 to 4,500 feet.1904, Henry Gannett, A Gazetteer of Virginia and West Virginia, Genealogical Publishing Com, →ISBN, page 53
    • American hellebore, or "elleber", is common and conspicuous in mountain swamps, mostly above 2500 feet in elevation; the rootstock is very poisonous and causes some losses among cattle.1960, Earl Lemley Core, Plant Life of West Virginia, page 90

Questions about elleber

What does elleber mean?
Elleber means hellebore.
What part of speech is elleber?
Elleber is a noun.

Words near elleber in the dictionary

  1. elle-folk
  2. elle-maid
  3. elle-maids
  4. elle-people
  5. Elleard
  6. elleber
  7. elleborin
  8. Elledge
  9. Elledges
  10. Ellefson
  11. Ellefsons

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