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Cimicifuga racemosa definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Snakeroot Snake"root`, n. (Bot.) Any one of several plants of different genera and species, most of which are (or were formerly) reputed to be efficacious as remedies for the bites of serpents; also, the roots of any of these. Note: The Virginia snakeroot is Aristolochia Serpentaria; black snakeroot is Sanicula, esp. S. Marilandica, also Cimicifuga racemosa; Seneca snakeroot is Polygala Senega; button snakeroot is Liatris, also Eryngium; white snakeroot is Eupatorium ageratoides. The name is also applied to some others besides these.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.