black cohosh
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black cohosh
n.
An eastern North American perennial herb (Actaea racemosa syn. Cimicifuga racemosa) in the buttercup family, having large, pinnately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers.
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black cohosh
n
(Complementary Medicine) a plant of the ranunculaceous family, Cimicifuga racemosa, which is used as a natural alternative to hormone replacement therapy
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Noun | 1. | black cohosh - North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia bugbane - a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects |
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black cohosh
n (bot) cimicífugaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.