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Snakeroot

noun

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.

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