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Tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally
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squawroot
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
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 , papooseroot , papoose root , squaw root , Caulophyllum thalictrioides , Caulophyllum thalictroides ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Either of two, unrelated plants from eastern North America: 2 # (taxlink Conopholis americana species noshow=1) which is parasitic on the roots of other trees. 3 # (taxlink Trillium erectum species noshow=1) that has foul-smelling, yellow to purple ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Squawroot \Squaw"root`\ (skw[add]"r[=oo]t`), n. (Bot.) A scaly parasitic plant ( Conopholis Americana ) found in oak woods in the United States; -- called also cancer root .