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noun
Symphyotrichum puniceum, red-stemmed aster, the roots of which were formerly used medicinally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Of Algonquian origin, related to Massachusett kushki (“(it is) rough”), as many parts of the plant are rough. Compare cohosh, of similar origin.
