Caulophyllum thalictroides
tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally • Syn: blue cohosh, blueberry root, papooseroot, papoose root, squawroot, squaw root, Caulophyllum thalictrioides • Hypernyms: shrub, bush • Member Holonyms: Caulophyllum, genus Caulophyllum
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