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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A flowering plant of the genus Actaea (syn. Cimicifuga).
2. 2
   a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries wordnet
3. 3
   The poisonous berry of one of these plants.
4. 4
   a poisonous berry of a plant of the genus Actaea wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

cohoshherb christophernecklaceweed

Etymology

From bane + berry.

Related phrases

red baneberrywhite baneberry

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