bugbane | ||
1. | [ noun ] (botany) North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally | |
Synonyms: | American_hellebore Indian_poke Veratrum_viride white_hellebore | |
Related terms: | hellebore | |
2. | [ noun ] (botany) a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects | |
Related terms: | woody_plant American_bugbane fetid_bugbane black_cohosh Cimicifuga | |