bugbane

English

Etymology

From bug +‎ bane.

Noun

bugbane (plural bugbanes)

1. Actaea spp. (baneberry).
2. Trautvetteria spp.

Derived terms

• Carolina bugbane (Trautvetteria carolinensis)

References

• bugbane on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “bugbane”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “bugbane”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.