different between actaea vs cohosh

Latin

Etymology

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Noun

actaea f (genitive actaeae); first declension

1. baneberry

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• Portuguese: acteia
• Translingual: Actaea

References

• actaea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• actaea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• actaea in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[1]
• actaea in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

English

Etymology

From an Algonquian word meaning "rough", probably Eastern Abenaki / Penobscot *kkw?has. Compare Massachusett kushki (“(it is) rough”). Compare English cocash.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??h??/

Noun

cohosh (countable and uncountable, plural cohoshes)

1. A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), the rough rootstock of which is used in medicine.
2. A smooth herb, Actaea racemosa, marketed for medicinal use.

Synonyms

• (Caulophyllum thalictroides): blue cohosh, squaw root, papoose root
• (Actaea racemosa): Cimicifuga racemosa, black cohosh, black bugbane, black snakeroot, fairy candle

Further reading

• Caulophyllum thalictroides on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Caulophyllum thalictroides on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Actaea racemosa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Actaea racemosa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies