/skwaw"rooht', -root'/ , n.
1. a fleshy, leafless plant, Conopholis americana, of the broomrape family, native to eastern North America, having a stout, yellowish, conelike stalk of lipped flowers, and growing in clusters, esp. under oaks.
2. the blue cohosh. See under cohosh .
[ 1805-15; SQUAW + ROOT 1 , from its former use by Indians in treating women ]