baneberry, cohosh, herb Christopher
(noun) a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cohosh (countable and uncountable, plural cohoshes)
A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), the rough rootstock of which is used in medicine.
A smooth herb, Actaea racemosa, marketed for medicinal use.
• (Caulophyllum thalictroides): blue cohosh, squaw root, papoose root
• (Actaea racemosa): Cimicifuga racemosa, black cohosh, black bugbane, black snakeroot, fairy candle
Source: Wiktionary
Co"hosh, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), whose roostock 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
