bugbane
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(noun) a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects |
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Related Words: American bugbane, Cimicifuga americana, Cimicifuga foetida, Cimicifuga racemosa, black cohosh, black snakeroot, fetid bugbane, foetid bugbane, ligneous plant, rattletop, summer cohosh, woody plant |
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(noun) North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally |
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Synonyms: American hellebore, Indian poke, Veratrum viride, white hellebore |
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Related Words: false hellebore, hellebore |
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