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bugbane

noun

A plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects

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Word length
7
Starts with
B
Ends with
E
Contains
UG
Scrabble score
12

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noun

  1. A plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects

noun

  1. North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally

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