Found 2 items, similar to Snakeroot.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: snakeroot 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, gay-feather]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Snakeroot 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]