bugbane

/ˈbʌgˌbeɪn/

Definitions of bugbane

1. noun

   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

   type of:

   false hellebore, hellebore

   perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes
2. noun

   a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects
   types:

   American bugbane, Cimicifuga americana, summer cohosh

   bugbane of the eastern United States having erect racemes of white flowers

   Cimicifuga racemosa, black cohosh, black snakeroot, rattle-top

   North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia

   Cimicifuga foetida, fetid bugbane, foetid bugbane

   bugbane of Siberia and eastern Asia having ill-smelling green-white flowers

   type of:

   ligneous plant, woody plant

   a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems