About The Word Bugbane
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Bugbane
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What's The Definition Of Bugbane?
[n] a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects
[n] North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally Synonyms | Synonyms for Bugbane: American hellebore | Indian poke | Veratrum viride | white hellebore Related Terms | Find terms related to Bugbane: See Also | American bugbane | black cohosh | black snakeroot | Cimicifuga | Cimicifuga americana | Cimicifuga foetida | Cimicifuga racemosa | false hellebore | fetid bugbane | foetid bugbane | genus Cimicifuga | hellebore | ligneous plant | rattletop | summer cohosh | woody plant Bugbane In Webster's Dictionary \Bug"bane`\, n. (Bot.)
A perennial white-flowered herb of the order
{Ranunculace[ae]} and genus {Cimiciguga}; bugwort. There are
several species.
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