different between rootstock vs cohosh

English

Etymology

root +? stock

Noun

rootstock (plural rootstocks)

1. (agriculture) A healthy and vigorous-rooted plant that is used in grafting, most commonly as a sound base to support a scion that bears desirable fruit in orchard culture.

   Synonym: rootstalk

2. (by extension) The necessary basis for something to develop.

Translations

Further reading

• rootstock on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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