papoose root

Noun

1.

papoose root - tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally Synonyms: blue cohosh, blueberry root, Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides, papooseroot, squaw root, squawroot

blue cohosh, blueberry root, bush, Caulophyllum, Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides, genus Caulophyllum, papooseroot, shrub, squaw root, squawroot