What is the meaning of bugbane?

North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally.
- synonyms: white hellebore, American hellebore, Indian poke, Veratrum viride
A plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects. .

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