bugbane

English

Etymology

From bug +‎ bane.

Noun

bugbane (plural bugbanes)

  1. Actaea spp. (baneberry).
    • 1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 177:
      “What on earth did you put in that stuff?” “Bug-bane, barren-wort, penny-cress and blood-root, catchfly, toad-flax, nap-weed and wormwood,” said Catweazle.
  2. Trautvetteria spp.

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