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Cohosh

Cohosh Meaning & Definition
Cohosh Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cohosh?

[n] a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cohosh: baneberry | herb Christopher

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cohosh:

See Also | Actaea | Actaea alba | Actaea rubra | doll's eyes | genus Actaea | poisonous plant | red baneberry | redberry | snakeberry | white baneberry | white bead | white cohosh

Cohosh In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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