bugbane

bugbane has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• n.. A perennial white-flowered herb of the order Ranunculaceae and genus Cimiciguga; bugwort. There are several species.
• n.. a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects
• n.. North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally