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  2. Actaea racemosa - Wikipedia

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    Actaea racemosa, the black cohosh, black bugbane, black snakeroot, rattle-top, or fairy candle (syn. Cimicifuga racemosa), is a species of flowering plant of the family Ranunculaceae. It is native to eastern North America from the extreme south of Ontario to central Georgia, and west to Missouri and Arkansas.

  3. Actaea rubifolia - Wikipedia

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    Actaea rubifolia, commonly known as Appalachian black cohosh or Appalachian bugbane, is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family. The plant does well in alkaline soils [2] and mature forests. [1] The "bugbane" in the name refers to its flowers' unpleasant smell, which can repel insects. It is poisonous if consumed by humans. [3]

  4. Cohosh - Wikipedia

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    Cohosh is a common name in the English language for several loosely related woodland herbs. The name may derive from Algonquian (Eastern Abenaki / Penobscot) '*kkwὰhas', meaning 'rough', possibly describing leaves or compound flowers. It may refer to: Black cohosh, Actaea racemosa (Ranunculaceae) Blue cohosh, Caulophyllum thalictroides ...

  5. Black snakeroot - Wikipedia

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    Black snakeroot may refer to: Actaea racemosa / Cimicifuga racemosa , more commonly called black cohosh, an herbaceous perennial plant species native to eastern North America, with medicinal uses Certain species in the plant genus Sanicula

  6. Actaea (plant) - Wikipedia

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    Actaea, commonly called baneberry, bugbane and cohosh, is a genus of flowering plants of the family Ranunculaceae, native to subtropical, temperate and subarctic regions of Europe, Asia and North America.

  7. Black Friday Origin: Why Is It Called 'Black Friday'? - AOL

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    Black Friday began in Philadelphia in the early 1950s. Ahead of the big Saturday Army-Navy football game, suburbanites would head into the city for the game and crowd the city.

  8. Native American ethnobotany - Wikipedia

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    Actaea racemosa (black cohosh), used to treat gynecological and other disorders, including sore throats, kidney problems, and depression. [10] Actaea rubra (red baneberry), used by the Algonquin for stomach pains, in some seasons for males, other seasons for females. [11] Agrimonia gryposepala, used by the Iroquois to treat diarrhea. [12]

  9. Why is it called Black Friday? Here's the real history behind ...

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    The city's retailers wanted to capitalize on the increased traffic, so they tried to erase the negative connotation around "Black Friday," even briefly attempting to call it "Big Friday." But the ...