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noun
Any of various not closely related plants reputed to cure snakebite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Any of genus Gutierrezia of poisonous American plants; matchweed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Bistorta officinalis (common bistort).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
low-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow linear leaves on many slender branches and hundreds of tiny yellow flower heads
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rabbitweed, rabbit-weed, broom snakeweed, broom snakeroot, turpentine weed, Gutierrezia sarothrae
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: matchweed, matchbush
History
From snake + weed: in some cases (e.g. bistort) because of the twisted roots.
Across languages
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