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Snakeroot

noun
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.  Synonym: sanicle.
2.
Any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads.  Synonyms: blazing star, button snakeroot, gay-feather, gayfeather.



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"Snakeroot" Quotes from Famous Books



... woman came she had it set over the fire, and began to stir in the different herbs. First she put in a little hop for the bitter. Mrs. Peterkin said it tasted like hop-tea, and not at all like coffee. Then she tried a little flag-root and snakeroot, then some spruce gum, and some caraway and some dill, some rue and rosemary, some sweet marjoram and sour, some oppermint and sappermint, a little spearmint and peppermint, some wild thyme, and some of the other tame time, some tansy and basil, and catnip and valerian, and ...
— The Peterkin Papers • Lucretia P Hale



Words linked to "Snakeroot" :   European sanicle, genus Sanicula, Sanicula bipinnatifida, Liatris pycnostachya, senega snakeroot, footsteps-of-spring, wildflower, Sanicula Europaea, Virginia snakeroot, Liatris, genus Liatris, gay-feather, wild flower, dotted gayfeather, herb, Liatris punctata, Sanicula, purple sanicle, Sanicula arctopoides, herbaceous plant, dense blazing star



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