Cocash

//kəˈkæʃ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Symphyotrichum puniceum, red-stemmed aster, the roots of which were formerly used medicinally. archaic, uncountable

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squawweed

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Etymology

Of Algonquian origin, related to Massachusett kushki (“(it is) rough”), as many parts of the plant are rough. Compare cohosh, of similar origin.

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