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1. (n.) bugbane
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.
Etymology: (1795–1805)
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1. (noun) white hellebore, American hellebore, Indian poke, bugbane, Veratrum viride
North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally
2. (noun) bugbane
a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects
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1. (noun) bugbane
a perennial white-flowered herb of the order Ranunculaceae and genus Cimiciguga; bugwort. There are several species
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