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noun
A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), the rough rootstock of which is used in medicine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A smooth herb, Actaea racemosa, marketed for medicinal use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: baneberry, herb Christopher
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: poisonous plant
Narrower terms: red baneberry, redberry, red-berry, snakeberry, Actaea rubra, white baneberry, white cohosh, white bead, doll's eyes, Actaea alba
History
From an Algonquian word meaning rough, probably from Eastern Abenaki / Penobscot *kkwὰhas. Compare Massachusett kushki (“(it is) rough”). Compare English cocash.
