Squaw root (also spelled Squawroot or Squaw-root) can refer to a number of different herbs native to North America: Black Cohosh; Blue Cohosh; Conopholis americana
noun . 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 ...