bugbane Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally
white hellebore; Indian poke; American hellebore; Veratrum viride.
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noun a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects
WordNet
Bug"bane` noun
Definitions
(Bot.) A perennial white-flowered herb of the order Ranunculaceæ and genus Cimiciguga; bugwort. There are several species.
