Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
cim·i·cif·u·ga Pronunciation:
"sim-&-'sif-y&-g& Function:
noun 1 a capitalized : a smallgenus of perennial herbs (family Ranunculaceae) having two or three ternately divided serrate leaves and white flowers in long rodlike racemes —see
BLACK COHOSH b : a plant of the genus Cimicifuga
2 : the dried rhizome and rootsof black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa) that were formerly used as a sedative and alterative in the treatment of rheumatism and chorea called also black cohosh root
