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]