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Definition: Cohosh |
CohoshNoun1. A plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: CohoshSynonyms: baneberry (n), herb Christopher (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Cohosh |
| English words defined with "cohosh": Caulophyllum ♦ genus Caulophyllum. (references) |
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Health | NIA is also conducting research on phytoestrogens and black cohosh. (references) | |
Soy, wild yams, and herbs such as black cohosh, dong quai, and valerian root have been suggested to relieve the symptoms of menopause. (references) | ||
Today some women use soy and herbal products such as black cohosh, wild yams, dong quai, and valerian root which claim to relieve menopausal symptoms like hot flashes. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "cohosh": black cohosh ♦ BLUE COHOSH ♦ summer cohosh ♦ white cohosh. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
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| Language | Translations for "cohosh"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | sort slangerod (black cohosh, bugbane, snakeroot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | cimifugue (black cohosh), cimicaire (black cohosh), chasse-punaise (black cohosh). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | schwarzes Wanzenkraut (black cohosh, bugbane, snakeroot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | κιμιτσιφούγκα η βοτρυοειδής (black cohosh, bugbane, snakeroot), φυγόκορις (black cohosh, bugbane, snakeroot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | cimicifuga racemosa (black cohosh, bugbane, snakeroot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ohoshcay cimífuga (black cohosh, bugbane, snakeroot). (various references) cimicifuga (black cohosh, bugbane, snakeroot), hierba sonajero (black cohosh, bugbane, snakeroot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cohosh": cohoshes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-h-h-o-o-s" | |
-1 letter: cohos, hooch. | |
-2 letters: coho, coos, cosh, oohs, shoo. | |
-3 letters: coo, cos, oho, ohs, ooh, shh. | |
-4 letters: ho, oh, os, sh, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-h-h-o-o-s" | |
+1 letter: honchos, hooches. | |
+2 letters: cohoshes, hockshop, hootches. | |
+3 letters: chophouse, chowchows, hockshops, hopscotch, hotchpots. | |
+4 letters: childhoods, chokeholds, chophouses, chowhounds, hollyhocks, homeschool, phosphoric, toothaches, touchholes. | |
+5 letters: autochthons, chocoholics, homeschools, hopscotched, hopscotches, philosophic, schoolchild, schoolhouse. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 68 6F 73 68 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. --- .... --- ... .... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01101000 01101111 01110011 01101000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o h o s h |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 0068 006F 0073 0068 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)378174818574 |
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