Definitions for bugbanes

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bugbanes bug·bane

Spelling: [buhg-beyn]

IPA: /ˈbʌgˌbeɪn/

Bugbanes is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 209 anagrams from letters in bugbanes (abbegnsu).

Definitions for bugbanes

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 bugbanes

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