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Definition of Papoose root
1. Noun. Tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally.
Group relationships: Caulophyllum, Genus Caulophyllum
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Papoose Root
Literary usage of Papoose root
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... also known locally as papoose root, blueberry root, blue ginseng, yellow ginseng.
The dried root is the part used in medicine as a demulcent, ..."
2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1905)
"Caulophyllum thalictroides (L. ) Michx. Barberry family (Berberidaceae).
Caulophyllum; blue cohosh; squawroot; papoose-root. Native, perennial herb, 1 to 3 ..."
3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"New Brunswick to South Carolina, west Blueberry. Blue-ginsing. Blueberry-, squaw-
or Ascends to 5000 ft. in North Carolina. April-May. papoose-root. 4. ..."
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