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papoose-root

[ pa-poos-root, -roo t, puh- ]
/ pæˈpusˌrut, -ˌrʊt, pə- /

noun

the blue cohosh.See under cohosh.

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Nearby words

  1. papist,
  2. papistical,
  3. papistly,
  4. papistry,
  5. papoose,
  6. papovaviridae,
  7. papovavirus,
  8. papp,
  9. papp, joseph,
  10. pappadam

Origin of papoose-root

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
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