BLACK COHOSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black cohosh mean? 

• BLACK COHOSH (noun)
  The noun BLACK COHOSH has 1 sense:

1. North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia

  Familiarity information: BLACK COHOSH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACK COHOSH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black cohosh; black snakeroot; Cimicifuga racemosa; rattle-top

Hypernyms ("black cohosh" is a kind of...):

bugbane (a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects)

 Context examples 

Also called black cohosh, black snakeroot, bugbane, and rattlesnake root.

(Bugwort, NCI Dictionary)

Also called black cohosh, black snakeroot, bugwort, and rattlesnake root.

(Bugbane, NCI Dictionary)

Also called black cohosh, bugbane, bugwort, and rattlesnake root.

(Black snakeroot, NCI Dictionary)

While the mechanism of action of black cohosh is not completely understood, it appears to act as a selective estrogen receptor modulator.

(Black cohosh, NCI Thesaurus)