[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bugbane \bug"bane`\, n. bot.
   a perennial white-flowered herb of the order
   ranunculaceae and genus cimiciguga; bugwort. there are
   several species.
   1913 webster
see also:
ranunculaceae cimiciguga 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

bugbane
     n 1: north american plant having large leaves and yellowish green
          flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used
          medicinally syn: white hellebore, american hellebore,
           indian poke, veratrum viride
     2: a plant of the genus cimicifuga having flowers in long
        racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects
see also:
white hellebore american hellebore indian poke veratrum viride 

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