[f. BANE, poison + BERRY.] The fruit of a plant Actæa spicata (N.O. Ranunculaceæ); also the plant itself, otherwise called Herb Christopher.
1755. Gentl. Mag., XXV. 492. Bane-berries, are poisonous in a very high degree.
1853. Lindley, Veg. Kingd. (ed. 3), 427. The black berries of the Baneberry, Actæa spicata, are poisonous.
