Cohosh

n.

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(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 Actæa, plants of the Crowfoot family.

Noun

1.

cohosh - a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries Synonyms: herb Christopher, baneberry

Actaea, Actaea alba, Actaea rubra, baneberry, doll's eyes, genus Actaea, herb Christopher, poisonous plant, red baneberry, red-berry, redberry, snakeberry, white baneberry, white bead, white cohosh