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cohosh definition

☆ co·hosh (kō′häs̸h′, kō häs̸h′)

noun

  1. any of several American herbs, as bugbane and baneberry
  2. a North American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides) of the barberry family, formerly used medicinally by the Indians

Etymology: < Algonquian name

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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