Meaning of BUGBANE
| Pronunciation: | | 'bug`beyn
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | American hellebore, Indian poke, Veratrum viride, white hellebore |
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| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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