bugbane

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noun

Actaea spp. (baneberry).

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white helleboreAmerican helleboreIndian pokeVeratrum viride
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Meanings

nounbugbane (plural bugbanes)

plural bugbanes

  1. Actaea spp. (baneberry).

    “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.

    1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 177
  2. Trautvetteria spp.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
white helleboreAmerican helleboreIndian pokeVeratrum viride
Broader
helleborefalse hellebore

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From bug + bane.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bugbane,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bugbane.

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