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Bugbane

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Noun

1. american hellebore, bugbane, indian poke, veratrum viride, white hellebore

North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally

2. bugbane

a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bugbane

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noun
any of several ranunculaceous plants of the genus Cimicifuga, esp C. foetida of Europe, whose flowers are reputed to repel insects

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Bugbane

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noun
any of a genus (Cimicifuga) of perennial plants of the buttercup family, with long spikes of small white flowers whose offensive odor is supposed to repel insects

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bugbane

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n.
Any of several plants of the genus Cimicifuga in the buttercup family, native to northern temperate regions and including the black cohosh.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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