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Definition: rattlesnake fern
rattlesnake fern
n : American fern whose clustered sporangia resemble a snake's
rattle [syn:
Botrychium virginianum]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Rattlesnake fern
Rattlesnake
\Rat"tle*snake`\ (r[a^]t"t'l*sn[=a]k`), n.
(Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of venomous American snakes
belonging to the genera
Crotalus and
Caudisona, or
Sistrurus; sometimes also called
rattler. They have a
series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail
which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common
rattlesnake of the Northern United States (
Crotalus horridus
), and the
diamondback rattlesnake (also called
diamondback rattler, and
diamondback) of the South and
East (
Crotalus adamanteus) and West (
Crotalus atrox), are
the best known. See Illust. of
Fang.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Ground rattlesnake (Zo["o]l.), a small rattlesnake
(
Caudisona miliaria or
Sistrurus miliaria) of the
Southern United States, having a small rattle. It has nine
large scales on its head.
Rattlesnake fern (Bot.), a common American fern
(
Botrychium Virginianum) having a triangular decompound
frond and a long-stalked panicle of spore cases rising
from the middle of the frond.
Rattlesnake grass (Bot.), a handsome American grass
(
Glyceria Canadensis) with an ample panicle of rather
large ovate spikelets, each one composed of imbricated
parts and slightly resembling the rattle of the
rattlesnake. Sometimes called
quaking grass.
Rattlesnake plantain (Bot.), See under
Plantain.
Rattlesnake root (Bot.), a name given to certain American
species of the composite genus
Prenanthes (
Prenanthes alba
and
Prenanthes serpentaria), formerly asserted to
cure the bite of the rattlesnake. Called also
lion's foot
,
gall of the earth, and
white lettuce.
Rattlesnake's master (Bot.)
(a) A species of Agave (
Agave Virginica) growing in the
Southern United States.
(b) An umbelliferous plant (
Eryngium yucc[ae]folium) with
large bristly-fringed linear leaves.
(c) A composite plant, the blazing star (
Liatris squarrosa
).
Rattlesnake weed (Bot.), a plant of the composite genus
Hieracium (
Hieracium venosum); -- probably so named
from its spotted leaves. See also
Snakeroot.
[1913 Webster]