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black cohosh
noun
Definition of BLACK COHOSH
: a bugbane (Cimicifuga racemosa) of the eastern United States
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First Known Use of BLACK COHOSH
1828
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black cohosh
noun
Medical Definition of BLACK COHOSH
: a perennial herb of the genus Cimicifuga (C. racemosa) whose rhizome and roots are the source of cimicifuga—called also black snakeroot, bugbane
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