papooseroot \papooseroot\, papoose root \papoose root\n. (Bot.)
A tall herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides) of eastern North
America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick
knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally; the Cohosh. See
also Cohosh.
Syn: blue cohosh, blueberry root, papoose root, squawroot,
squaw root, Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum
thalictroides.
[WordNet 1.5]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Cohosh \Co"hosh\, n. (Bot.)
A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides),
whose rootstock is used in medicine; -- also called pappoose
root. The name is sometimes also given to the Cimicifuga
racemosa, and to two species of Act[ae]a, plants of the
Crowfoot family.
[1913 Webster] Cohune
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Cohosh \Co"hosh\, n. (Bot.)
A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides),
whose rootstock is used in medicine; -- also called pappoose
root. The name is sometimes also given to the Cimicifuga
racemosa, and to two species of Act[ae]a, plants of the
Crowfoot family.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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