CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cimicifuga racemosa mean? 

• CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA (noun)
  The noun CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA (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 ("Cimicifuga racemosa" 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 

The scientific name is Cimicifuga racemosa.

(Black cohosh, NCI Dictionary)

A triterpene-containing herb isolated from the roots and rhizomes of the plant Cimicifuga racemosa (also known as Actaea racemosa).

(Black cohosh, NCI Thesaurus)