snakeroot


Definition: Meaning of, snakeroot in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈsneɪkruːt /

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  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
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  2. any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads
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snakeroot used in phrases

  • Seneca snakeroot (noun)
    1. eastern North American plant having a terminal cluster of small white flowers and medicinal roots
  • Seneka snakeroot (noun)
    1. eastern North American plant having a terminal cluster of small white flowers and medicinal roots
  • Virginia snakeroot (noun)
    1. birthwort of the eastern United States woodlands
  • black snakeroot (noun)
    1. deciduous low-growing perennial of Canada and eastern and central United States
    2. north American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia
  • broom snakeroot (noun)
    1. low-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow linear leaves on many slender branches and hundreds of tiny yellow flower heads
  • button snakeroot (noun)
    1. coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite
    2. coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots; southeastern United States; often confused with rattlesnake master
  • senega snakeroot (noun)
    1. eastern North American plant having a terminal cluster of small white flowers and medicinal roots
  • white snakeroot (noun)
    1. american herb having flat-topped clusters of small white flower heads; reputedly a cause of trembles and milk sickness; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium
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