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button snakeroot

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: button snakeroot

1
 n
coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite
2
 n
any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: button snakeroot
1

n coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite

Synonyms:
Eryngium yuccifolium, rattlesnake master, rattlesnake's master
Type of:
perennial
(botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more

n coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots; southeastern United States; often confused with rattlesnake master

Synonyms:
Eryngium aquaticum
Type of:
herb, herbaceous plant
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
2

n any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads

Synonyms:
blazing star, gay-feather, gayfeather, snakeroot
Types:
Liatris punctata, dotted gayfeather
herb with many stems bearing narrow slender wands of crowded rose-lavender flowers; central United States and Canada to Texas and northern Mexico
Liatris pycnostachya, dense blazing star
perennial of southeastern and central United States having very dense spikes of purple flowers; often cultivated for cut flowers
Type of:
wild flower, wildflower
wild or uncultivated flowering plant
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