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Definition of Snakeroot

Snakeroot
Snakeroot Snake"root`, 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. S. 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.

Meaning of Snakeroot from wikipedia

- Virginia snakeroot Asarum canadenseCanadian snakeroot Eryngium cuneifoliumSnakeroot Plantago majorSnakeroot Polygala senegaSeneca snakeroot Rauvolfia...
- milk, other dairy products, or meat from a cow that has fed on white snakeroot plant, which contains the poison tremetol. Although very rare today, milk...
- society of ****anese nationalist samurai but were soon co-opted by the Snakeroot, an ancient ninja clan which serves a primordial demon known only as "The...
- Black snakeroot may refer to: Actaea racemosa/Cimicifuga racemosa, more commonly called black cohosh, an herbaceous perennial plant species native to...
- White snakeroot is a common name for several flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, and may refer to: Ageratina altissima, native to eastern...
- Aristolochiaceae (birthwort) family. The species is commonly known as Virginia snakeroot and is native to eastern North America, from Connecticut to southern Michigan...
- central and eastern United States. Its common names include Seneca snakeroot, senega snakeroot, senegaroot, rattlesnake root, and mountain flax. Its species...
- Ageratina altissima, also known as white snakeroot, richweed, or white sanicle, is a poisonous perennial herb in the family Asteraceae, native to eastern...
- Rauvolfia serpentina, the Indian snakeroot, devil pepper, or serpentine wood, is a species of flower in the milkweed family Apocynaceae. It is native...
- Tremetone is a constituent of the toxic compound tremetol, found in snakeroot (Ageratina altissima), that causes milk sickness in humans and trembles...