caulophyllum thalictrioides

Noun

• tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  blue cohosh , blueberry root , papooseroot , papoose root , squawroot , squaw root , Caulophyllum thalictrioides , Caulophyllum thalictroides