cohosh

cohosh
[kəˈhɒʃ]
noun
  1. either of two medicinal plants native to North America
    总状升麻;红毛七
  2. 亦作 black cohosha plant of the buttercup family, with small white flowers (Cimicifuga racemosa, family Ranunculaceae) 亦作 blue cohosha plant of the barberry family (Caulophyllum thalictroides, family Berberidaceae)
    一种开小白花的毛茛科植物,总状升麻(拉丁名Cimicifuga racemosa,毛茛科) 一种小檗科植物,蓝籽红毛七(拉丁名Caulophyllum thalictroides,小檗科)
语源
  1. late 18th cent.: from Eastern Abnaki
英语宝典
考试词汇表