English Explanatory Dictionary

snakeroot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.
  2. Any of various plants of other genera, including:
  3. Eupatorium spp.
  4. Asarum canadense (Canadian snakeroot)
  5. Aristolochia serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot)
  6. Eryngium cuneifolium
  7. Plantago major
  8. Polygala senega (Seneca snakeroot)
  9. Rauvolfia serpentina (Indian snakeroot).
  10. Bistorta officinalis (common bistort)

Word forms

snakeroot snakeroots

Etymology

From snake + root.

Derived words

black snakeroot button snakeroot Sampson's snakeroot white snakeroot
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