blue cohosh

noun

A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), the root of which is used in medicine.

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cohoshpapoose rootsquawrootblueberry rootpapooserootsquaw rootCaulophyllum thalictrioidesCaulophyllum thalictroides
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Meanings

nounblue cohosh (countable and uncountable, plural blue cohoshes)

plural blue cohoshes

  1. countableuncountableA perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), the root of which is used in medicine.

    Synonyms: cohosh, papoose root, squawroot

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), the root of which is used in medicine.

Similar
cohoshpapoose rootsquawroot

More synonyms by meaning

nountall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally

Similar
blueberry rootpapooserootpapoose rootsquawrootsquaw rootCaulophyllum thalictrioidesCaulophyllum thalictroides
Broader
shrubbush
Also see
cohoshpapoose rootsquawroot

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

blue cohosh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blue%20cohosh

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“blue cohosh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blue%20cohosh. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blue cohosh,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blue%20cohosh.

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