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noun
Any member of the former genus Cimicifuga, now Actaea sect. Cimicifuga, of flowering plants: bugbane or cohosh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
small genus of perennial herbs of north temperate regions: bugbane
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: genus Cimicifuga
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Broader terms: magnoliid dicot genus
History
From the genus name.
