baneberry

noun (plural baneberries)

• a plant of the buttercup family, which bears fluffy spikes of creamy-white flowers followed by shiny berries, found in north temperate regions.

  • Genus Actaea, family Ranunculaceae, especially the common Eurasian A. spicata (also called herb Christopher), with black berries
• the bitter, often poisonous, berry of the baneberry.