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词汇 bugbane
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Definition of bugbane in English:

bugbane

noun
  • A tall plant of the buttercup family, with spikes of cream or yellow flowers and fernlike leaves, native to north temperate regions.

    升麻

    Genus Cimicifuga, family Ranunculaceae: several species, in particular C. foetida

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Wood anemones, epimediums, bugbanes, and toad lilies create intricate tapestries under flowering shrubs and trees.
    • Tall bugbane is a tall wildflower with branched and leafy stems arising from 100-200 cm high.
    • Throughout the woodlands, color can be found in late-blooming azaleas, lilies, bugbanes, hostas, and hydrangeas.
    • Other plants are also called bugbane and snakeroot; most plants called cohosh belong to the related baneberry genus.
    • Other common names for this plant are black root, bugbane, rattle root, rattle top, rattle squawroot, snake root and rattle weed.

Origin

Early 19th century: from bug + bane, with reference to the former use of the species C. foetida to drive away bedbugs.

Definition of bugbane in US English:

bugbane

nounˈbəɡbān
  • A tall plant with spikes of cream or yellow flowers. A member of the buttercup family, it is native to north temperate regions.

    升麻

    Genus Cimicifuga, family Ranunculaceae: several species, in particular the American bugbane (C. americana) of the eastern US and the black cohosh (C. racemosa)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Wood anemones, epimediums, bugbanes, and toad lilies create intricate tapestries under flowering shrubs and trees.
    • Other plants are also called bugbane and snakeroot; most plants called cohosh belong to the related baneberry genus.
    • Throughout the woodlands, color can be found in late-blooming azaleas, lilies, bugbanes, hostas, and hydrangeas.
    • Other common names for this plant are black root, bugbane, rattle root, rattle top, rattle squawroot, snake root and rattle weed.
    • Tall bugbane is a tall wildflower with branched and leafy stems arising from 100-200 cm high.

Origin

Early 19th century: from bug + bane, with reference to the former use of the species C. foetida to drive away bedbugs.

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