: any of several perennial herbs (genus Cimicifuga) of the buttercup family native to northern temperate woodlands
especially
: black cohosh sense 1
Note: Bugbanes are sometimes classified in a closely related genus (Actaea).
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Their names were homespun: sweet pepperbush, oak leaf hydrangea, Virginia sweetspire, New Jersey tea, even bugbane.
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Perdita Buchan, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2017
Perdita Buchan, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2017
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bugbane
noun
bug·bane
ˈbəg-ˌbān 
: a plant of the genus Cimicifuga
especially
: black cohosh
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