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Snakeroot  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. Sanicula 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.






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"Snakeroot" Quotes from Famous Books



... to the gait of labor. Very seldom he could have one of his old treasure hunts in swamps and woods, unless, indeed, he could perchance make a labor and a gain of it. Jerome found that sassafras, and snakeroot, and various other aromatic roots and herbs of the wilds about his house had their money value. There was an apothecary in the neighboring village of Dale who would purchase them of him; at the cheapest of rates, it is true—a penny or so ...
— Jerome, A Poor Man - A Novel • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

... hoarhound, snakeroot and tansy, selling to-day? What's the state of the herb market?" joined the young man with ...
— After a Shadow, and Other Stories • T. S. Arthur



Words linked to "Snakeroot" :   broom snakeroot, wildflower, white snakeroot, Seneca snakeroot, genus Sanicula, gayfeather, footsteps-of-spring, wild flower, Virginia snakeroot, Sanicula bipinnatifida, Liatris pycnostachya, Seneka snakeroot, dense blazing star, Sanicula Europaea, genus Liatris, purple sanicle, Sanicula, gay-feather, herb, dotted gayfeather, sanicle



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