bug·bane (b g b n )n. Any of several plants of the genus Cimicifuga, native to northern temperate regions and including the black cohosh. |
bugbane [ˈbʌgˌbeɪn]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several ranunculaceous plants of the genus Cimicifuga, esp C. foetida of Europe, whose flowers are reputed to repel insects
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| Noun | 1. |  bugbane - North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinallyfalse hellebore, hellebore - perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes |
| 2. | bugbane - a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects Cimicifuga, genus Cimicifuga - small genus of perennial herbs of north temperate regions: bugbane American bugbane, Cimicifuga americana, summer cohosh - bugbane of the eastern United States having erect racemes of white flowers black cohosh, Cimicifuga racemosa, rattle-top, black snakeroot - North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia Cimicifuga foetida, fetid bugbane, foetid bugbane - bugbane of Siberia and eastern Asia having ill-smelling green-white flowers ligneous plant, woody plant - a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems |
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