Definition
A genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family, commonly called bugbane, traditionally used in herbal medicine and believed to repel insects.
Etymology
From Latin cimex (bug) plus fugare (to put to flight), literally meaning 'bug-chaser.' This name reflects the plant's historical use as a natural insect repellent in folk medicine.
Kelly Says
The genus name Cimicifuga beautifully demonstrates how plant names encode folklore: Europeans noticed that black cohosh and other plants in this genus seemed to ward off bugs, so they literally named it 'the bug-putter-to-flight.' It turned out to actually work—some compounds in these plants do repel insects!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
ARالعربية
عشبة repellent
ʕashbat repellent
BNবাংলা
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
CACatalà
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
CSČeština
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
DADansk
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
DEDeutsch
Zeckenkraut
tsek-en-kraut
ELΕλληνικά
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
ESEspañol
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
FAفارسی
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
FISuomi
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
FRFrançais
cimicifuge
si-mi-si-fyooj
GUGU
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
HAHA
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
HEעברית
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
HIहिन्दी
क्यूक्यूक
kwee-kwee-k
HUMagyar
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
IDBahasa Indonesia
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
IGIG
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
ITItaliano
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
JA日本語
ツェッツェンkraut
tsetzen-kraut
KKKK
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
KMKM
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
MRMR
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
MSBahasa Melayu
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
MYမြန်မာ
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
NLNederlands
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
NONorsk
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
PAPA
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
PLPolski
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
PTPortuguês
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
RORomână
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
RUРусский
кровососущее растение
krovoossoo-shchee rast-enie
SVSvenska
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
SWKiswahili
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
TAதமிழ்
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
TEతెలుగు
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
THไทย
สมุนไพรต้านไรฝุ่น
som-un-prai dan rai fun
TLTL
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
TRTürkçe
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
UKУкраїнська
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
URاردو
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
VITiếng Việt
cây chống bọ
cay chong bo
YOYO
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga
ZUZU
cimicifuga
si-mi-si-foo-ga