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cimicifuga

cimicifuga noun: any member of the former genus Cimicifuga, now Actaea sect. Cimicifuga, of flowering plants: bugbane or cohosh.

cimicifuga: any member of the former genus Cimicifuga, now Actaea sect. Cimicifuga, of flowering plants:...
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Noun

cimicifuga (plural cimicifugas)

  1. Any member of the former genus Cimicifuga, now Actaea sect. Cimicifuga, of flowering plants: bugbane or cohosh.
    • You can also have a long bloom season by including fall-flowering plants like chrysanthemums, anemones, cimicifugas, fall-blooming crocuses and false crocuses (colchicums).2007 July 12, Leslie Land, “Garden Q.&A.”, in New York Times

Forms of cimicifuga

pluralcimicifugas

Origin of cimicifuga

From the genus name.

Questions about cimicifuga

What does cimicifuga mean?
Cimicifuga means any member of the former genus Cimicifuga, now Actaea sect. Cimicifuga, of flowering plants: bugbane or cohosh.
What part of speech is cimicifuga?
Cimicifuga is a noun.
What is the plural of cimicifuga?
The plural of cimicifuga is cimicifugas.

Words near cimicifuga in the dictionary

  1. Cimicatas
  2. cimices
  3. cimicic acid
  4. cimicid
  5. cimicids
  6. cimicifuga
  7. cimicifugas
  8. cimicoid
  9. cimicomorphan
  10. cimicomorphans
  11. cimicosis

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