bugbane

Nouns

  • (n) North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally American hellebore, Indian poke, Veratrum viride, white hellebore,
  • (n) a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects

Synonyms

American hellebore Indian poke Veratrum viride white hellebore

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