baneberry

English

white baneberry (Actaea pachypoda)

Etymology

bane +‎ berry

Noun

baneberry (plural baneberries)

A flowering plant of the genus Actaea, also called genus Cimicifuga.
The poisonous berry of one of these plants.

Derived terms

white baneberry (Actaea pachypoda; white cohosh, doll's eyes)
red baneberry (Actaea rubra (syn. Actaea erythrocarpa); chinaberry))

Translations

plant

Bulgarian: ресник (resnik)
German: Christophskraut n

Polish: czerniec m
Russian: вороне́ц (ru) m (voronéc)

berry

See also

References

baneberry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Actaea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
baneberry at OneLook Dictionary Search
baneberry in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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