Veratrum

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 119

vē-rā′trum, n. hellebore.— adj. Verā′tric .— ns. Verā′trin , -e , a poisonous ointment used to relieve neuralgia.— v.t. Verā′trise , to poison with veratrin. [L.]