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snakeroot |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Snakeroot \Snake"root`\, n. (Bot.) Any one of several plants of different genera and species, most of which are (or were formerly) reputed to be efficacious as remedies for the bites of serpents; also the roots of any of these Note: The Virginia snakeroot is {Aristolochia Serpentaria}; black snakeroot is {Sanicula}, esp. {S. Marilandica}, also {Cimicifuga racemosa}; Seneca snakeroot is {Polygala Senega}; button snakeroot is {Liatris}, also {Eryngium}; white snakeroot is {Eupatorium ageratoides}. The name is also applied to some others besides these From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: snakeroot n 1: a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers [syn: {sanicle}] 2: any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads [syn: {blazing star}, {button snakeroot}, {gayfeather}]
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