About The Word Cohosh
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Cohosh
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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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