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BLACK SNAKEROOT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia
Synonyms:
black cohosh; black snakeroot; Cimicifuga racemosa; rattle-top
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("black snakeroot" is a kind of...):
bugbane (a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Deciduous low-growing perennial of Canada and eastern and central United States
Synonyms:
Asarum canadense; black snakeroot; Canada ginger
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("black snakeroot" is a kind of...):
wild ginger (low-growing perennial herb with pungent gingery leaves and rhizomes)
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