Found 2 items, similar to papoose root.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: papoose root papoose root n : tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally [syn: blue cohosh, blueberry root, papooseroot, squawroot, squaw root, Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides]
English → English (gcide) Definition: papoose root papooseroot \papooseroot\, papoose root \papoose root\n. (Bot.) A tall herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides) of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally; the Cohosh. See also Cohosh. Syn: blue cohosh, blueberry root, papoose root, squawroot, squaw root, Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides . [WordNet 1.5]