'pappoose root' definitions:

Definition of 'pappoose root'

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