Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Baneberry \Bane"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
   A genus {(Act[ae]a)} of plants, of the order
   {Ranunculace[ae]}, native in the north temperate zone. The
   red or white berries are poisonous.

Source : WordNet®

baneberry
     n 1: a poisonous berry of a plant of the genus Actaea
     2: a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries
        [syn: {cohosh}, {herb Christopher}]