Category:Snakeroot

Snake"root`, n. (bot.)

Defn: 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.