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cohosh
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5 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. cohosh
  2. black cohosh
  3. blue cohosh
  4. summer cohosh
  5. white cohosh

co·hosh

noun \ˈkō-ˌhäsh\

Definition of COHOSH

: any of several North American medicinal or poisonous plants: as
a : black cohosh
b : blue cohosh
c : baneberry

Origin of COHOSH

Eastern Abenaki kkʷὰhas
First Known Use: 1789

Rhymes with COHOSH

awash, backwash, czardas, Dias, downwash, eyewash, galosh, ganache, goulash, kibosh, Lammasch, midrash, mishmash, mouthwash, musquash, panache, rainwash, Siwash, whitewash, wish-wash

co·hosh

noun \ˈkō-ˌhäsh\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of COHOSH

: any of several American medicinal or poisonous plants: as a : black cohosh b : blue cohosh

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