bug·bane /ˈbʌgˌben/



 bug·bane /ˈbəgˌben/ 名詞



 Bug·bane n. Bot. A perennial white-flowered herb of the order Ranunculaceæ and genus Cimiciguga; bugwort. There are several species.

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 bugbane
      n 1: North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green
           flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used
           medicinally [syn: white hellebore, American hellebore,
            Indian poke, Veratrum viride]
      2: a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long
         racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects