bugbane

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
17
Letters
7

Definition of bugbane

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Actaea spp. (baneberry).
    ““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.”
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noun

  1. Actaea spp. (baneberry).
    ““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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Etymology

From bug + bane.

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