false bugbane

false bugbane
noun
tall perennial of the eastern United States having large basal leaves and white summer flowers
Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
Member Holonyms: ↑Trautvetteria, ↑genus Trautvetteria

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noun
: a tall herb (Trautvetteria carolinensis) of the family Ranunculaceae of the eastern United States with large basal leaves and white apetalous flowers

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