squaw root

Noun squaw root has 1 sense

• squaw root(n = noun.plant) blue cohosh, blueberry root, caulophyllum thalictrioides, caulophyllum thalictroides, papoose root, papooseroot, squawroot - tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally;
is a member of caulophyllum, genus caulophyllum
is a kind of bush, shrub