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Webster 1913 Edition

Snakeroot

Snake′rootˊ

,
Noun.
(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.
☞ The Virginia snakeroot is
Aristolochia Serpentaria
; black snakeroot is
Sanicula
, esp.
Sanicula 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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Snakeroot

SNA'KEROOT

,
Noun.
[snake and root.] A plant, a species of birth-wort, growing in North Am merica the Aristolochia serpentaria.

Definition 2024

snakeroot

snakeroot

English

Wikispecies

Noun

snakeroot ‎(plural snakeroots)

  1. Any member of the genus Ageratina of perennials and rounded shrubs from the sunflower family, growing mainly in the warmer regions of the Americas.

Etymology

snake +‎ root

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