squawroot

[ skwaw-root, -roo t ]
/ ˈskwɔˌrut, -ˌrʊt /

noun

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, especially under oaks.
the blue cohosh. See under cohosh.

Origin of squawroot

1805–15; squaw + root1, from its former use by Indians in treating women