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Definition of Bugwort
1. n. Bugbane.
Definition of Bugwort
1. Noun. The plant bugbane. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bugwort
1. an insect repelling plant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Bugwort
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bugwort
Literary usage of Bugwort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Hardy Herbaceous and Alpine Flowers by William Sutherland (1871)
"C. palmata (Palmate-leaved bugwort.) — This species is about the same in stature
as the preceding, but differs markedly from both in all other features. ..."
2. The Condensed Chemical Dictionary: A Reference Volume for All Requiring by Francis Mills Turner, Daniel Deronda Berolzheimer, William Parker Cutter, John Helfrich, Chemical Catalog Company, Inc (1920)
"... Bugbane, bugwort). Derivation: Dried rhizome and roots of Cimicifuga racemosa.
Habitat: United States and Canada. ..."
3. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner Von Marilaun (1902)
"... belonging to the Orchids, of the Buckthorn (Rhamnus pumila, &c.), and of the
bugwort (Cimicifuga ..."
4. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1907)
"... and bugwort. it having been thought that this odor was efficacious in driving
away bugs. The flowers do not all open at one time, and thus there may he ..."
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