Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cohosh"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cohosh \Co"hosh\, n. (Bot.)
A perennial American herb ({Caulophyllum thalictroides}),
whose rootstock is used in medicine; -- also called {pappoose
root}. The name is sometimes also given to the {Cimicifuga
racemosa}, and to two species of {Act[ae]a}, plants of the
Crowfoot family.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cohosh
n : a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries
[syn: {baneberry}, {herb Christopher}]
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