squawroot
American
[skwaw-root, -root]
/ ˈskwɔˌrut, -ˌrʊt /
noun
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a fleshy, leafless plant, Conopholis americana, of the broomrape family, native to eastern North America, having a stout, yellowish, conelike stalk of lipped flowers, and growing in clusters, especially under oaks.
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the blue cohosh. cohosh
Etymology
Origin of squawroot
1805–15; squaw + root 1, from its former use by Indians in treating women
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