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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A perennial herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides) of eastern North America, having one or two compound leaves, small yellow-green or purplish flowers, and blue berrylike seeds.

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  • noun A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), whose rootstock is used in medicine.

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  • noun tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally

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blue + cohosh

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