Definitions for bugbane

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bugbane bug·bane

Spelling: [buhg-beyn]

IPA: /ˈbʌgˌbeɪn/

Bugbane is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 104 anagrams from letters in bugbane (abbegnu).

Definitions for bugbane

noun

1. any of several tall, erect plants belonging to the genus Cimicifuga, of the buttercup family, as C. americana, of the eastern U.S., having loose, elongated clusters of white flowers.

Origin of bugbane

1795-1805; bug¹ + bane; so called because it supposedly repels insects