Cimicifuga

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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)."

Synonyms

All synonyms
genus cimicifuga

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

Etymology

From the genus name.

Related phrases

actaea sect cimicifugaflowering plant

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