English dictionary

bugbane

/'b/@/g,b/eI/n/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally

noun.plant

Synonyms american hellebore indian poke veratrum viride white hellebore

Source: WordNet 3.0
a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects

noun.plant

Source: WordNet 3.0
A perennial white-flowered herb of the order <i>Ranunculaceæ</i> and genus <i>Cimiciguga</i>; bugwort. There are several species.

noun

Source: webster1913