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bugbane |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bugbane \Bug"bane`\, n. (Bot.) A perennial white-flowered herb of the order {Ranunculace[ae]} and genus {Cimiciguga}; bugwort. There are several species. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bugbane n 1: North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally [syn: {white hellebore}, {American hellebore}, {Indian poke}, {Veratrum viride}] 2: a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects
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