Papoose root (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally
Synonyms:
blue cohosh; blueberry root; Caulophyllum thalictrioides; Caulophyllum thalictroides; papoose root; papooseroot; squaw root; squawroot
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("papoose root" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("papoose root" is a member of...):
Caulophyllum; genus Caulophyllum (blue cohosh)