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noun
Any member of the genus Ageratina of perennials and rounded shrubs from the sunflower family, growing mainly in the warmer regions of the Americas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of various plants of other genera, including:
Eupatorium spp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of various plants of other genera, including:
Asarum canadense (Canadian snakeroot)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of various plants of other genera, including:
Aristolochia serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of various plants of other genera, including:
Eryngium cuneifolium
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of various plants of other genera, including:
Plantago major
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of various plants of other genera, including:
Polygala senega (Seneca snakeroot)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any of various plants of other genera, including:
Rauvolfia serpentina (Indian snakeroot).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any of various plants of other genera, including:
Bistorta officinalis (common bistort)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: blazing star, button snakeroot, gayfeather, gay-feather
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Broader terms: wildflower, wild flower
Narrower terms: dotted gayfeather, Liatris punctata, dense blazing star, Liatris pycnostachya
noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sanicle
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Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
Narrower terms: footsteps-of-spring, Sanicula arctopoides, purple sanicle, Sanicula bipinnatifida, European sanicle, Sanicula Europaea
History
From snake + root.
