Definition of Black cohosh

1. Noun. North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia.

Exact synonyms: Black Snakeroot, Cimicifuga Racemosa, Rattle-top
Generic synonyms: Bugbane

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Cohosh

black carpet beetles
black cat
black cataract
black catechu
black chamber
black chanterelle
black chanterelles
black cherry
black cherry tree
black coal
black coals
black cock
black cocks
black coffee
black coffees
black cohosh (current term)
black comedy
black coral
black cottonwood
black currant
black cypress pine
black diamond
black disease
black drop effect
black duck
black dwarf
black dwarfs
black economy
black elder

Literary usage of Black cohosh

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Organic materia medica: Including the Standard Remedies of the Leading by Parke, Davis & Company (1888)
"Fluid Extract black cohosh Compound.—Not miscible with water. ... Powdered Extract black cohosh.—One part equals five of the moisture with powdered Black ..."

2. Dr. Chase's Family Physician, Farrier, Bee-keeper, and Second Receipt Book by Alvin Wood Chase (1874)
"It is made as follows : " Colchicum seed, in fine powder, 2 ozs. ; black cohosh root, made- fine, 3 ozs. ; diluted alcohol, 2 pts. ..."

3. The Chemistry and Analysis of Drugs and Medicines by Henry Corbin Fuller (1920)
"black cohosh The plant furnishing the drug so well known in this country as black cohosh or ... To a lesser extent black cohosh is used as a tonic, nervine, ..."

4. Journal of Materia Medica (1867)
"COMPOUND PILLS OF black cohosh. Solid extract of black cohosh, - - - 1 dram. ... Compound of black cohosh, wild cherry, ipecac, liquorice, and CANNABIS ..."

5. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1907)
"... of rich wmids, black cohosh will grow occasionally In sunny situations in fence corners and woodland pastures. It is most abundant iu the Ohio Valley, ..."

6. Organic materia medica: Including the Standard Remedies of the Leading by Parke, Davis & Company (1888)
"Fluid Extract black cohosh Compound.—Not miscible with water. ... Powdered Extract black cohosh.—One part equals five of the moisture with powdered Black ..."

7. Dr. Chase's Family Physician, Farrier, Bee-keeper, and Second Receipt Book by Alvin Wood Chase (1874)
"It is made as follows : " Colchicum seed, in fine powder, 2 ozs. ; black cohosh root, made- fine, 3 ozs. ; diluted alcohol, 2 pts. ..."

8. The Chemistry and Analysis of Drugs and Medicines by Henry Corbin Fuller (1920)
"black cohosh The plant furnishing the drug so well known in this country as black cohosh or ... To a lesser extent black cohosh is used as a tonic, nervine, ..."

9. Journal of Materia Medica (1867)
"COMPOUND PILLS OF black cohosh. Solid extract of black cohosh, - - - 1 dram. ... Compound of black cohosh, wild cherry, ipecac, liquorice, and CANNABIS ..."

10. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1907)
"... of rich wmids, black cohosh will grow occasionally In sunny situations in fence corners and woodland pastures. It is most abundant iu the Ohio Valley, ..."

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