blue cohosh

noun

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Origin:
1815–25, Americanism

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noun

either of two unrelated plants of the eastern U.S., Cimicifuga racemosa (black cohosh), of the buttercup family, or Caulophyllum thalictroides (blue cohosh), of the barberry family, both used medicinally.

Origin:
1790–1800, Americanism; < Eastern Abenaki kk^wὰhas

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blue cohosh
noun
tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally

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