cohosh : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cohosh	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cohosh
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cohosh n a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries Synonym(s): baneberry, cohosh, herb Christopher
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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[91]a}, plants of the Crowfoot family.