Cimicifuga
CIMICIFUGA, in botany, a small genus of herbaceous plants, of the natural order Ranunculaceae, which is widely distributed in the north temperate zone. C. foetida, bugbane, is used as a preventive against vermin; and the root of a North American species, C. racemosa, known as black snake-root, as an emetic.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
