cimicifuga

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noun

Any member of the former genus Cimicifuga, now Actaea sect. Cimicifuga, of flowering plants: bugbane or cohosh.

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Meanings

nouncimicifuga (plural cimicifugas)

plural cimicifugas

  1. Any member of the former genus Cimicifuga, now Actaea sect. Cimicifuga, of flowering plants: bugbane or cohosh.

    You can also have a long bloom season by including fall-flowering plants like chrysanthemums, anemones, cimicifugas, fall-blooming crocuses and false crocuses (colchicums).

    2007 July 12, Leslie Land, “Garden Q.&A.”, in New York Times

Origin

From the genus name.

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APA

cimicifuga. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cimicifuga

MLA

“cimicifuga.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cimicifuga. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cimicifuga,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cimicifuga.

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