cohosh

Noun

Meaning

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 Actaea, plants of the Crowfoot family.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

baneberry herb Christopher blue cohosh black cohosh papoose root black snakeroot squaw root Cimicifuga racemosa black bugbane fairy candle clusterings

Hypernyms

poisonous plant

Hyponyms

redberry snakeberry red-berry red baneberry Actaea rubra Actaea alba

Phrases with the word

white cohosh summer cohosh

Examples

Henneicke-von Zepelin HH, Meden H, Kostev K, Schröder-Bernhardi D, Stammwitz U, Becher H. Isopropanolic black cohosh extract and recurrence-free survival after breast cancer. Source: Internet

Wuttke, W. and Seidlova-Wuttke, D. News about Black cohosh. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

cohortee cohorting cohortmate cohost cohostess cohouse