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Webster 1913 Edition

Cohosh

Co′hosh

,
Noun.
(Bot.)
A perennial American herb (
Caulophyllum thalictroides
), whose rootstock is used in medicine; – also called
pappoose root
. The name is sometimes also given to the
Cimicifuga racemosa
, and to two species of
Actæa
, plants of the Crowfoot family.

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