Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants, natural order Ranunculaceæ, closely allied to Actæa; the bugworts or bugbanes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a small genus of perennial herbs of N temperate regions: bugbane.
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- noun Any member of the
genus Cimicifuga offlowering plants :bugbane orcohosh .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small genus of perennial herbs of north temperate regions: bugbane
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Examples
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It is a cimicifuga of some sort it is believed, or has the name been changed to actaea?
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Phytopharmacon influences atrophic vaginal epithelium: Double-blind study—cimicifuga vs. estrogenic substances.
The Best Alternative Medicine Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier 2000
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Phytopharmacon influences atrophic vaginal epithelium: Double-blind study—cimicifuga vs. estrogenic substances.
The Best Alternative Medicine Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier 2000
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She should lie on her back and take internally a teaspoonful of paregoric every two hours; drink freely of lemonade or other cooling drinks, and for nourishment subsist chiefly on chicken broth, toast, water gruel, fresh fruits, etc. The principal homeopathic remedies for this disease are ergot and cimicifuga, given in drop-doses of the tinctures.
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The principal homeopathic remedies for this disease are ergot and cimicifuga, given in drop-doses of the tinctures.
Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics B. G. Jefferis
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Certain perennials such as hosta, astilbe, cimicifuga, kirengeshoma and Japanese anemones are particularly susceptible to frost and freeze damage once they begin growing.
newsleader.com - 2009
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