Papooseroot

2 definitions found

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

  papooseroot \papooseroot\, papoose root \papoose root\n. (Bot.)
     A tall herb ({Caulophyllum thalictroides}) of eastern North
     America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick
     knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally; the {Cohosh}. See
     also {Cohosh}.
  


     Syn: blue cohosh, blueberry root, papoose root, squawroot,
          squaw root, Caulophyllum thalictrioides, {Caulophyllum
          thalictroides}.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  papooseroot
       n : tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue
           berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly
           used medicinally [syn: {blue cohosh}, {blueberry root}, {papoose
           root}, {squawroot}, {squaw root}, {Caulophyllum
           thalictrioides}, {Caulophyllum thalictroides}]