Bugbane — synonyms, definition

1. bugbane (Noun)

American hellebore Indian poke Veratrum viride white hellebore

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.

false hellebore hellebore ligneous plant woody plant American bugbane Cimicifuga americana Cimicifuga foetida Cimicifuga racemosa black cohosh black snakeroot fetid bugbane foetid bugbane rattle-top summer cohosh Cimicifuga genus Cimicifuga