blue cohosh

English

blue cohosh

Wikispecies

Noun

blue cohosh (countable and uncountable, plural blue cohoshes)

1. A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), the root of which is used in medicine.

Synonyms

• (Caulophyllum thalictroides): cohosh, squawroot, papoose root

Coordinate terms

• (Caulophyllum thalictroides): Cimicifuga racemosa, cohosh, black bugbane, black snakeroot, fairy candle