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bugbane

noun

1 bugbane

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

synonyms: American hellebore, Indian poke, Veratrum viride, white hellebore.

2 bugbane

A plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects.


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