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black snakeroot

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: black snakeroot

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n
deciduous low-growing perennial of Canada and eastern and central United States
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n
North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: black snakeroot
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n deciduous low-growing perennial of Canada and eastern and central United States

Synonyms:
Asarum canadense, Canada ginger
Type of:
wild ginger
low-growing perennial herb with pungent gingery leaves and rhizomes
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n North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia

Synonyms:
Cimicifuga racemosa, black cohosh, rattle-top
Type of:
bugbane
a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects
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