bugbane

English Thesaurus

1. a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	ligneous plant, woody plant,
definition	:	a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	american bugbane, cimicifuga americana, summer cohosh,
definition	:	bugbane of the eastern United States having erect racemes of white flowers (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	black cohosh, black snakeroot, cimicifuga racemosa, rattle-top,
definition	:	North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	cimicifuga foetida, fetid bugbane, foetid bugbane,
definition	:	bugbane of Siberia and eastern Asia having ill-smelling green-white flowers (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	cimicifuga, genus cimicifuga,
definition	:	small genus of perennial herbs of north temperate regions: bugbane (noun.plant)

2. North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	false hellebore, hellebore,
definition	:	perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes (noun.plant)