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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia;
[syn: black cohosh, black snakeroot, rattle-top, Cimicifuga racemosa]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Snakeroot \Snake"root`\, n. (Bot.) Any one of several plants of different genera and species, most of which are (or were formerly) reputed to be efficacious as remedies for the bites of serpents; also, the roots of any of these. [1913 Webster] Note: The Virginia snakeroot is Aristolochia Serpentaria; black snakeroot is Sanicula, esp. Sanicula Marilandica, also Cimicifuga racemosa; Seneca snakeroot is Polygala Senega; button snakeroot is Liatris, also Eryngium; white snakeroot is Eupatorium ageratoides. The name is also applied to some others besides these. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cohosh \Co"hosh\, n. (Bot.) A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), whose rootstock is used in medicine; -- also called pappoose root. The name is sometimes also given to the Cimicifuga racemosa, and to two species of Act[ae]a, plants of the Crowfoot family. [1913 Webster] Cohune
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Cimicifuga racemosa n 1: North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia [syn: black cohosh, black snakeroot, rattle-top, Cimicifuga racemosa]