- papoose root as a noun:
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papoose root
noun
1 papoose root
Tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally.
synonyms: blue cohosh, blueberry root, Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides, papooseroot, squaw root, squawroot.
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