Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Squawroot \Squaw"root`\, n. (Bot.)
   A scaly parasitic plant ({Conopholis Americana}) found in oak
   woods in the United States; -- called also {cancer root}.

Source : WordNet®

squawroot
     n : tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue
         berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly
         used medicinally [syn: {blue cohosh}, {blueberry root}, {papooseroot},
          {papoose root}, {squaw root}, {Caulophyllum
         thalictrioides}, {Caulophyllum thalictroides}]