HyperDic: caulophyllum_thalictroides

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

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