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Definition: Meaning of, bugbane in English to English dictionary.

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  1. north American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally
    SYNONYM
    white hellebore, American hellebore, Indian poke, Veratrum viride
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  2. a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects
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bugbane used in phrases

  • American bugbane (noun)
    1. bugbane of the eastern United States having erect racemes of white flowers
  • false bugbane (noun)
    1. tall perennial of the eastern United States having large basal leaves and white summer flowers
  • fetid bugbane (noun)
    1. bugbane of Siberia and eastern Asia having ill-smelling green-white flowers
  • foetid bugbane (noun)
    1. bugbane of Siberia and eastern Asia having ill-smelling green-white flowers
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