papooseroot
1. [ noun ] (botany) tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally
Synonyms: blueberry_root papoose_root squawroot squaw_root Caulophyllum_thalictrioides Caulophyllum_thalictroides blue_cohosh
Related terms: shrub Caulophyllum
Similar spelling:   papoose_root