BUGBANE as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects
    Hypernyms(s) bugbane is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  2. Meaning
    • North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes
    • yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) bugbane is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower