cocash

Meaning

Noun

Symphyotrichum puniceum (species), red-stemmed aster, the roots of which were formerly used medicinally.

Origin

Of Algonquian origin, related to Massachusett kushki ("(it is) rough"), as many parts of the plant are rough. Compare cohosh, of similar origin.

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