HyperDic: squaw_root

English > 1 sense of the expression squaw root:
NOUNplantsquaw root, blue cohosh, blueberry root, papooseroot, papoose root, squawroot, Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroidestall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock / rootstock formerly used medicinally
English > squaw root: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningtall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock / rootstock formerly used medicinally.
Synonymsblue cohosh, blueberry root, papooseroot, papoose root, squawroot, Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides
Member ofCaulophyllum, genus Caulophyllumblue cohosh
Broadershrub, bushA low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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