English noun: papoose root | |||
1. | papoose root (plant) 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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bush, shrub | ||
Member meronym | Caulophyllum, genus Caulophyllum | ||