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black cohosh

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables
black- -co-hosh
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A smooth herb of species Actaea racemosa, marketed for medicinal use.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

black cohoshes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Caulophyllum thalictroides blue cohosh squaw root papoose root

Synonyms

Cimicifuga racemosa black snakeroot black bugbane fairy candle rattle-top

Questions

What does black cohosh mean?
A smooth herb of species Actaea racemosa, marketed for medicinal use.

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