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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Cohosh

· Co·hosh · IPA /kəˈhɒʃ/
01 n. A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), whose rootstock is used in medicine; -- also called pappoose root. The name is some…
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    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.(Bot.) Also: pappoose root