Found 2 items, similar to Cimicifuga racemosa.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Cimicifuga racemosa Cimicifuga racemosa n : North American bugbane found from Main and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia [syn: black cohosh, black snakeroot , rattle-top]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Cimicifuga racemosa Snakeroot \Snake"root`\, n. (Bot.) Any one of several plants of different genera and species, most of which are (or were formerly) reputed to be efficacious as remedies for the bites of serpents; also, the roots of any of these. [1913 Webster] Note: The Virginia snakeroot is Aristolochia Serpentaria; black snakeroot is Sanicula, esp. S. Marilandica, also Cimicifuga racemosa; Seneca snakeroot is Polygala Senega; button snakeroot is Liatris, also Eryngium; white snakeroot is Eupatorium ageratoides . The name is also applied to some others besides these. [1913 Webster] Cohosh \Co"hosh\, n. (Bot.) A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), whose rootstock is used in medicine; -- also called pappoose root . The name is sometimes also given to the Cimicifuga racemosa , and to two species of Act[ae]a, plants of the Crowfoot family. [1913 Webster]