bugbane, n.
(bugbanes)
(bugbanes)
a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects
<noun.plant>
bugbane
North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally
<noun.plant>
American hellebore Indian poke Veratrum viride bugbane white hellebore
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