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snakeroot
 
Noun snakeroot has 2 senses
  1. sanicle, snakeroot - 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
    --1 is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
    --1 is a member of Sanicula, genus Sanicula
    --1 has particulars:
     footsteps-of-spring, Sanicula arctopoides; purple sanicle, Sanicula bipinnatifida; European sanicle, Sanicula Europaea
  2. blazing star, button snakeroot, gayfeather, gay-feather, snakeroot - any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads
    --2 is a kind of wildflower, wild flower
    --2 is a member of Liatris, genus Liatris
    --2 has particulars:
     dotted gayfeather, Liatris punctata; dense blazing star, Liatris pycnostachya
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