baneberry
English
Etymology
Noun
baneberry (plural baneberries)
- A flowering plant of the genus Actaea (syn. 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
berry
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See also
References
- baneberry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Actaea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- “baneberry”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “baneberry”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.