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cohosh |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cohosh n : a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries [syn: {baneberry}, {herb Christopher}]
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