bugbane — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Actaea spp. (baneberry).

   Examples

   “What on earth did you put in that stuff?” “Bug-bane, barren-wort, penny-cress and blood-root, catchfly, toad-flax, nap-weed and wormwood,” said Catweazle.

2. Trautvetteria spp.

Noun

1. North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally

   Synonyms

   white helleboreAmerican helleboreIndian pokeVeratrum viride

   Broader terms

   helleborefalse hellebore

2. a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects

   Broader terms

   woody plantligneous plant