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cohosh
(encz) | cohosh, n: |
Cohosh
(gcide) | papooseroot \papooseroot\, papoose root \papoose root\n. (Bot.)
A tall herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides) of eastern North
America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick
knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally; the Cohosh. See
also Cohosh.
Syn: blue cohosh, blueberry root, papoose root, squawroot,
squaw root, Caulophyllum thalictrioides, {Caulophyllum
thalictroides}.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Cohosh
(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 |
cohosh
(wn) | cohosh
n 1: a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries
[syn: baneberry, cohosh, herb Christopher] |
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cohosh
(encz) | cohosh, n: |
summer cohosh
(encz) | summer cohosh, n: |
white cohosh
(encz) | white cohosh, n: |
black cohosh
(wn) | black cohosh
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] |
blue cohosh
(wn) | blue cohosh
n 1: tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue
berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used
medicinally [syn: blue cohosh, blueberry root,
papooseroot, papoose root, squawroot, squaw root,
Caulophyllum thalictrioides, {Caulophyllum
thalictroides}] |
cohosh
(wn) | cohosh
n 1: a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries
[syn: baneberry, cohosh, herb Christopher] |
summer cohosh
(wn) | summer cohosh
n 1: bugbane of the eastern United States having erect racemes
of white flowers [syn: American bugbane, summer cohosh,
Cimicifuga americana] |
white cohosh
(wn) | white cohosh
n 1: North American herb with white poisonous berries [syn:
white baneberry, white cohosh, white bead, {doll's
eyes}, Actaea alba] |
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