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cohosh

Main Entry:: co·hosh
Pronunciation:: \ˈkō-ˌhäsh\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Eastern Abenaki kkʷὰhas
Date:: 1789

: any of several No. American medicinal or poisonous plants: as a: black cohosh b: blue cohosh c: baneberry

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