Bugbane

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bugbane \Bug"bane`\, n. (Bot.)
     A perennial white-flowered herb of the order
     {Ranunculace[ae]} and genus {Cimiciguga}; bugwort. There are
     several species.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bugbane
       n 1: North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green
            flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used
            medicinally [syn: {white hellebore}, {American hellebore},
             {Indian poke}, {Veratrum viride}]
       2: a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long
          racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects