bugbane

bug·bane

B0534700 (bŭg′bān′)n. Any of several plants of the genus Cimicifuga in the buttercup family, native to northern temperate regions and including the black cohosh.

bugbane

(ˈbʌɡˌbeɪn) n (Plants) any of several ranunculaceous plants of the genus Cimicifuga, esp C. foetida of Europe, whose flowers are reputed to repel insects

bug•bane

(ˈbʌgˌbeɪn)

n. any of several tall E North American plants of the genus Cimicifuga, of the buttercup family, bearing erect spikes of white flowers that exude an unpleasant odor. [1795–1805]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bugbane - North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinallyAmerican hellebore, Indian poke, Veratrum viride, white helleborefalse 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 insectsCimicifuga, genus Cimicifuga - small genus of perennial herbs of north temperate regions: bugbaneAmerican bugbane, Cimicifuga americana, summer cohosh - bugbane of the eastern United States having erect racemes of white flowersblack cohosh, Cimicifuga racemosa, rattle-top, black snakeroot - North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to GeorgiaCimicifuga foetida, fetid bugbane, foetid bugbane - bugbane of Siberia and eastern Asia having ill-smelling green-white flowersligneous plant, woody plant - a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems

bugbane

bugbane,

any plant of the genus Cimicifuga, tall north-temperate perennials of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercupbuttercup
or crowfoot,
common name for the Ranunculaceae, a family of chiefly annual or perennial herbs of cool regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Thought to be one of the most primitive families of dicotyledenous plants, the Ranunculaceae typically have a simple
..... Click the link for more information. family). The white spirelike bloom has a rank odor that attracts flies, which pollinate the plant. Common in woodlands of E North America is C. racemosa, black snakeroot, or black cohosh, whose root is used commercially as an herbal remedy for conditions associated with menopausemenopause
or climacteric
, transitional phase in a woman's life when the ovaries stop releasing eggs, ovarian production of estrogen and other hormones tapers off, and menstruation ceases.
..... Click the link for more information. . (The most rigorous study of its use to treat menopause, however, reported in 2006 that it was not any more effective than a placebo.) Other plants are also called bugbane and snakeroot; most plants called cohosh belong to the related baneberrybaneberry,
any plant of the small genus Actaea, north temperate perennials of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family) sometimes cultivated for the handsome (though poisonous) berrylike fruits.
..... Click the link for more information. genus. Bugbane is classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Ranunculales, family Ranunculaceae.

bugbane

Related to bugbane: astilbe

noun

Synonyms for bugbane

noun North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes

Synonyms

American hellebore
Indian poke
Veratrum viride
white hellebore

Related Words

false hellebore
hellebore

noun a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects

Related Words

Cimicifuga
genus Cimicifuga
American bugbane
Cimicifuga americana
summer cohosh
black cohosh
Cimicifuga racemosa
rattle-top
black snakeroot
Cimicifuga foetida
fetid bugbane
foetid bugbane
ligneous plant
woody plant