Squawroot

n.

1.

(Bot.) A scaly parasitic plant (Conopholis Americana) found in oak woods in the United States; - called also cancer root.

Noun

1.

squawroot - 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, papoose root, papooseroot, squaw root

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

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