Yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally

• Snakeroot
• North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes
• A plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bugbane \Bug"bane`\, n. (Bot.) A perennial white-flowered herb of the order Ranunculace[ae] and genus Cimiciguga ; bugwort. There are several species.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The baneberry.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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 ] a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Bugbane is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Actaea Trautvetteria