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Definition of Caulophyllum thalictrioides
1. Noun. Tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally.
Exact synonyms: Blue Cohosh, Blueberry Root, Caulophyllum Thalictroides, Papoose Root, Papooseroot, Squaw Root, Squawroot
Group relationships: Caulophyllum, Genus Caulophyllum
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Group relationships: Caulophyllum, Genus Caulophyllum
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caulophyllum Thalictrioides
Literary usage of Caulophyllum thalictrioides
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The First and Last Journeys of Thoreau: Lately Discovered Among His by Henry David Thoreau, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, Bibliophile Society (Boston, Mass.). (1905)
"... budded, — a ranunculus in the moist, grassy, lowish ground by Minnehaha, —
what kind? a caulophyllum thalictrioides done blooming, and a Salix lucida. ..."