noun
Meaning 1
Actaea spp. (baneberry).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
bugbane
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noun
Meaning 2
Trautvetteria spp.
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noun
Meaning 3
a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: woody plant, ligneous plant
Narrower terms: American bugbane, summer cohosh, Cimicifuga americana, black cohosh, black snakeroot, rattle-top, Cimicifuga racemosa, fetid bugbane, foetid bugbane, Cimicifuga foetida
noun
Meaning 4
North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: white hellebore, American hellebore, Indian poke, Veratrum viride
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hellebore, false hellebore
History
Etymology
From bug + bane.