Hypertext Webster Gateway: "snakeroot"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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