blue cohosh

noun

1. cohosh

Word History and Origins

Origin of blue cohosh¹

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

Example Sentences

The herb rue can cause organ injury, black cohosh has been associated with liver injuries, and blue cohosh can make people sick to their stomach, he said.

From Seattle Times

In addition to American ginseng, Felumlee cultivates goldenseal, black cohosh, blue cohosh, bloodroot, red trillium, and false unicorn under his trees’ canopy.

From Salon

I am also equally curious to know if anything eats the fruit of the red and white baneberry and the blue cohosh.

From Project Gutenberg

Combined with blue cohosh, it is very beneficial in amenorrhea, etc., as above stated.

From Project Gutenberg

Menstrual Irregularities: Extracts of cramp bark, forty grains; blue cohosh, ten grains; Squaw wine, forty grains; pokeberry, twenty grains; strychnine, one grain.

From Project Gutenberg