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    COHOSH

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berriesplay

    Synonyms:

    baneberry; cohosh; herb Christopher

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("cohosh" is a kind of...):

    poisonous plant (a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism)

    Meronyms (parts of "cohosh"):

    baneberry (a poisonous berry of a plant of the genus Actaea)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cohosh"):

    Actaea rubra; red-berry; red baneberry; redberry; snakeberry (North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berries)

    Actaea alba; doll's eyes; white baneberry; white bead; white cohosh (North American herb with white poisonous berries)

    Holonyms ("cohosh" is a member of...):

    Actaea; genus Actaea (baneberry)

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