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Cimicifuga racemosa (gcide) | 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] |
Cimicifuga racemosa (gcide) | 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 |
cimicifuga racemosa (wn) | 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] |
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