blue cohosh

blue cohosh
blue cohosh n a tall herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides of the family Berberidaceae) of eastern No. America and Asia having large blue berrylike fruits and a thick knotty rootstock that was formerly used as an antispasmodic and emmenagogue

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1. Caulophyllum thalictroides. 2. the fresh roots or the dried rhizome and roots of C. thalictroides, having weak estrogenic effects, used for menstrual disorders and as an antispasmodic and stimulant of uterine contractions during labor; in homeopathy it is used for disorders of menstruation and labor and for rheumatism of the fingers and toes.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • blue cohosh. — See under cohosh. [1815 25, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

  • blue cohosh. — See under cohosh. [1815 25, Amer.] …   Useful english dictionary

  • blue cohosh — noun Date: 1821 a perennial North American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides) of the barberry family that has greenish yellow or purplish flowers and large blue berrylike fruits …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • blue cohosh — noun tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally • Syn: ↑blueberry root, ↑papooseroot, ↑papoose root, ↑squawroot, ↑squaw root, ↑Caulophyllum thalictrioides,… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Cohosh — papooseroot papooseroot, papoose root papoose root . (Bot.) A tall herb ({Caulophyllum thalictroides}) of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally; the {Cohosh}. See also… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cohosh — noun Etymology: Eastern Abenaki kkwὰhas Date: 1789 any of several North American medicinal or poisonous plants: as a. black cohosh b. blue cohosh c. baneberry …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • cohosh — /koh hosh, koh hosh /, n. either of two unrelated plants of the eastern U.S., Cimicifuga racemosa (black cohosh), of the buttercup family, or Caulophyllum thalictroides (blue cohosh), of the barberry family, both used medicinally. [1790 1800,… …   Universalium

  • cohosh — co·hosh kō .häsh n any of several American medicinal or poisonous plants: as a) BLACK COHOSH b) BLUE COHOSH * * * co·hosh (ko hoshґ) [Algonquian] any of various North American medicinal plants …   Medical dictionary

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