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
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
