cimicifuga racemosa

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cimicifuga racemosa - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

  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

cimicifuga racemosa - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Cimicifuga racemosa
      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]