1. A plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects
   "The gardener planted bugbane to deter pests naturally"
    
2. North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally
   "Warning signs marked areas where toxic bugbane grew";
   - white hellebore, American hellebore, Indian poke, Veratrum viride

Derived forms: bugbanes

Type of: false hellebore, hellebore, ligneous plant, woody plant

Part of: Cimicifuga, genus Cimicifuga

Encyclopedia: Bugbane