English noun: button snakeroot |
1. | button snakeroot (plant) coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite |
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| Synonyms | Eryngium yuccifolium, rattlesnake master, rattlesnake's master |
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| Broader (hypernym) | perennial |
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| Member meronym | Eryngium, genus Eryngium |
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2. | button snakeroot (plant) coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots; southeastern United States; often confused with rattlesnake master |
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| Synonyms | Eryngium aquaticum |
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| Broader (hypernym) | herb, herbaceous plant |
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| Member meronym | Eryngium, genus Eryngium |
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3. | button snakeroot (plant) any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads |
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| Synonyms | blazing star, gay-feather, gayfeather, snakeroot |
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| Broader (hypernym) | wild flower, wildflower |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | dense blazing star, dotted gayfeather, Liatris punctata, Liatris pycnostachya |
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| Member meronym | genus Liatris, Liatris |
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