bugbane : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bugbane	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for bugbane
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bugbane n North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally Synonym(s): white hellebore, American hellebore, Indian poke, bugbane, Veratrum viride a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bugbane \Bug"bane`\, n. (Bot.) A perennial white-flowered herb of the order {Ranunculace[91]} and genus {Cimiciguga}; bugwort. There are several species.