What is "squawroot"

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.

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 flowers.

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]