HyperDic: black_cohosh

English > 1 sense of the expression *black cohosh*:
NOUN	plant	black cohosh, black snakeroot, rattle-top, Cimicifuga racemosa	North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia

English > *black cohosh*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia.
Synonyms	black snakeroot, rattle-top, Cimicifuga racemosa
Broader	bugbane	A plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects