Vocabulary : Hellbender to Helleborein

Hellbender : A large North American aquatic salamander (Protonopsis horrida or Menopoma Alleghaniensis). It is very voracious and very tenacious of life. Also called alligator, and water dog.
Hellborn : Born in or of hell.
Hellbred : Produced in hell.
Hellbrewed : Prepared in hell.
Hellbroth : A composition for infernal purposes; a magical preparation.

Hell-cat : A witch; a hag.
Hell-diver : The dabchick.
Helldoomed : Doomed to hell.
Hellebore : A genus of perennial herbs (Helleborus) of the Crowfoot family, mostly having powerfully cathartic and even poisonous qualities. H. niger is the European black hellebore, or Christmas rose, blossoming in winter or earliest spring. H. officinalis was the officinal hellebore of the ancients. ;; Any plant of several species of the poisonous liliaceous genus Veratrum, especially V. album and V. viride, both called white hellebore.
Helleborein : A poisonous glucoside accompanying helleborin in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a bittersweet taste. It has a strong action on the heart, resembling digitalin.

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