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bugbane

bugbane noun: actaea spp. (baneberry).

Noun

bugbane (plural bugbanes)

  1. Actaea spp. (baneberry).
    • “What on earth did you put in that stuff?” “Bug-bane, barren-wort, penny-cress and blood-root, catchfly, toad-flax, nap-weed and wormwood,” said Catweazle.1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 177
  2. Trautvetteria spp.

Forms of bugbane

pluralbugbanes

Origin of bugbane

From bug + bane.

Words formed from bugbane

Questions about bugbane

What does bugbane mean?
Bugbane means actaea spp. (baneberry).
What part of speech is bugbane?
Bugbane is a noun.
What is the plural of bugbane?
The plural of bugbane is bugbanes.

Words near bugbane in the dictionary

  1. bugatsa
  2. Bugatti
  3. Bugattis
  4. Bugay
  5. Bugays
  6. bugbane
  7. bugbanes
  8. bugbear
  9. bugbeared
  10. bugbearing
  11. bugbearish

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