Elleber

Quick meaning: Elleber is a noun meaning (rare, Appalachia, especially in placenames) Hellebore.

Meaning

(rare, Appalachia, especially in placenames) Hellebore.

Example Sentences

Elleber Ridge; summit between Elleber Run and Tackey Fork in Pocahontas County. Elevation, 4,000 to 4,500 feet.

[...] and Elleber Sods Rd (FR-1681). Ahead 0.1 mi is Elleber Knob (4,595 ft), with superb views of Deer Creek Valley, Little Mtn, and other distant ridges.

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.

[...] plants are "elleber" or hellebore (Veratrum viride), with dull green flowers, marsh marigold (Caltha palustris), with glossy yellow flowers, and Oswego-tea (Monarda didyma), with brilliant red flowers[…]

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