black cohosh
English
black cohosh ripe fruit
Noun
black cohosh (countable and uncountable, plural black cohoshes)
- A smooth herb, Actaea racemosa, marketed for medicinal use.
Synonyms
- (Actaea racemosa): Cimicifuga racemosa, cohosh, black bugbane, black snakeroot, fairy candle
Coordinate terms
- Caulophyllum thalictroides, blue cohosh, squaw root, papoose root
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