Associations to the word «Bugbane»

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Wiktionary

BUGBANE, noun. The baneberry.

Dictionary definition

BUGBANE, noun. North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally.
BUGBANE, noun. A plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects.

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