american bugbane

1. 1.

   bugbane of the eastern United States having erect racemes of white flowers

   Synonymssummer cohoshCimicifuga americana

   Broaderbugbane

Questions about american bugbane

What does american bugbane mean?

american bugbane means "bugbane of the eastern United States having erect racemes of white flowers".

What is another word for american bugbane?

Close synonyms include summer cohosh, Cimicifuga americana. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is american bugbane a common word?

american bugbane is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.