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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

papooseroot

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01 n. A tall herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides) of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerl…
  1. 1.
    A tall herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides) of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally; the Cohosh. See also Cohosh.(Bot.) Also: Cohosh See: Cohosh
Syn. blue cohosh, blueberry root, papoose root, squawroot, squaw root, Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides.