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