'Cimicifuga racemosa' definitions:
Definition of 'Cimicifuga racemosa'
(from WordNet)
noun
North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia [syn: black cohosh, black snakeroot, rattle-top, Cimicifuga racemosa]
Definition of 'Cimicifuga racemosa'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The Virginia snakeroot is Aristolochia Serpentaria; black snakeroot is Sanicula, esp. {Sanicula 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cimicifuga racemosa'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster] Cohune