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Definition of: cohosh
(kō′hosh, kō·hosh′) noun
1. Either of two North American herbs, sometimes used medicinally; especially, the blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides), often called squawroot, and the black snakeroot or black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa).
2. The baneberry. [<N. Am. Ind.]
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