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 | ||