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
   • woody plant (what does woody plant mean?)
   • ligneous plant (what does ligneous plant mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • American bugbane (what does American bugbane mean?)
   • summer cohosh (what does summer cohosh mean?)
   • Cimicifuga americana (what does Cimicifuga americana mean?)
   • black cohosh (what does black cohosh mean?)
   • black snakeroot (what does black snakeroot mean?)
   • rattle-top (what does rattle-top mean?)
   • Cimicifuga racemosa (what does Cimicifuga racemosa mean?)
   • fetid bugbane (what does fetid bugbane mean?)
   • foetid bugbane (what does foetid bugbane mean?)
   • Cimicifuga foetida (what does Cimicifuga foetida mean?)
2. Meaning
   • North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes
   • yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally
   
   Synonym(s)
   • American hellebore (what does American hellebore mean?)
   • Indian poke (what does Indian poke mean?)
   • Veratrum viride (what does Veratrum viride mean?)
   • white hellebore (what does white hellebore mean?)
   
   Hypernyms(s) bugbane is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • hellebore (what does hellebore mean?)
   • false hellebore (what does false hellebore mean?)