English noun: blue cohosh | |||
1. | blue cohosh (plant) tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally | ||
Synonyms | blueberry root, Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides, papoose root, papooseroot, squaw root, squawroot | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bush, shrub | ||
Member meronym | Caulophyllum, genus Caulophyllum | ||