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Meaning of word bugbane from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes. Yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally.

Synonyms : american hellebore, indian poke, veratrum viride, white hellebore

Meaning : A plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects.

wear away (verb)
Cut away in small pieces.

wage increase (noun)
The amount a salary is increased.

demolish (verb)
Destroy completely.

cut short (verb)
Interrupt before its natural or planned end.

dispose (verb)
Give, sell, or transfer to another.

most (adjective)
(superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number.

changeover (noun)
An event that results in a transformation.

fruitfully (adverb)
In a productive way.

stethoscope (noun)
A medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body.

cockroach (noun)
Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects. Some are domestic pests.