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A plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries
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cohosh
Word definitions for cohosh in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cohosh \Co"hosh\, n. (Bot.) A perennial American herb ( Caulophyllum thalictroides ), whose rootstock is used in medicine; -- also called pappoose root . The name is sometimes also given to the Cimicifuga racemosa , and to two species of Act[ae]a , plants ...
Wikipedia
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Cohosh is a common name for several herbs and may refer to: Black cohosh, Cimicifuga racemosa (Ranunculaceae), now known as Actea racemosa Blue cohosh, Caulophyllum thalictroides (Berberidaceae) Red cohosh, Actaea rubra (Ranunculaceae) White cohosh, Actaea ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries [syn: baneberry , herb Christopher ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A perennial American herb ((taxlink Caulophyllum thalictroides species noshow=1)), the rough rootstock of which is used in medicine. 2 A smooth herb, ''Actaea racemosa'', marketed for medicinal use.
Usage examples of cohosh.
Black Cohosh is an alterative stimulant, nervine, diaphoretic, tonic, and a cerebro-spinal stimulant.
When first she left me alone in this dispensary, I took an inventory that showed: guaiacum, sarsaparilla, lobelia, puc-coon, cohosh, coca, jalap, cinchona, as well as balsams and herbs both indigenous and otherwise, had via her gardens or the mails, in which she so actively engaged.
He prepared a mild sedative - a tincture of blue cohosh and motherwort - and gave it to her to gentle down some of her worse fits of grief.
Closely allied to this plant, and at one time assigned to the same genus, is the plant known as Black Cohosh.
Combined with the resin of Blue Cohosh, it is an excellent remedy for amenorrhoea, dismenorrhoea, afterbirth pains, suppression of lochia and for febrile conditions of the parturient period, and combined with extract of Leptandra or Podophyllum resin, it acts well on the bowels and liver, and if mixed with Dioscorea is excellent for bilious and flatulent colic.