What is "bugbane"

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

n. The baneberry.

1. 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]

2. a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects

Bugbane is a common name for several plants and may refer to:

• Actaea
• Trautvetteria