| cimicifuga | (n) small genus of perennial herbs of north temperate regions: bugbane, Syn. genus Cimicifuga |
| american bugbane | (n) bugbane of the eastern United States having erect racemes of white flowers, Syn. Cimicifuga americana, summer cohosh |
| black cohosh | (n) North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia, Syn. Cimicifuga racemosa, black snakeroot, rattle-top |
| fetid bugbane | (n) bugbane of Siberia and eastern Asia having ill-smelling green-white flowers, Syn. foetid bugbane, Cimicifuga foetida |
| Cimicifuga | n. a small genus of perennial herbs of N temperate regions: bugbane. |