Found 2 items, similar to Bugbane.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: bugbane
bugbane
n 1: North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green
flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used
medicinally [syn:
white hellebore,
American hellebore,
Indian poke,
Veratrum viride]
2: a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long
racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Bugbane
Bugbane
\Bug"bane`\, n. (Bot.)
A perennial white-flowered herb of the order
Ranunculace[ae] and genus
Cimiciguga; bugwort. There are
several species.
[1913 Webster]