BUGBANE

bugbane

(noun) a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bugbane (plural bugbanes)

Actaea spp. (baneberry).

Trautvetteria spp.

Source: Wiktionary


Bug"bane`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: A perennial white-flowered herb of the order Ranunculaceæ and genus Cimiciguga; bugwort. There are several species.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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GUILLOTINE

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