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