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English noun: button snakeroot

1. button snakeroot (plant) coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite


SynonymsEryngium yuccifolium, rattlesnake master, rattlesnake's master


Broader (hypernym)perennial


Member meronymEryngium, genus Eryngium

2. button snakeroot (plant) coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots; southeastern United States; often confused with rattlesnake master


SynonymsEryngium aquaticum


Broader (hypernym)herb, herbaceous plant


Member meronymEryngium, genus Eryngium

3. button snakeroot (plant) any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads


Synonymsblazing star, gay-feather, gayfeather, snakeroot


Broader (hypernym)wild flower, wildflower


Narrower (hyponym)dense blazing star, dotted gayfeather, Liatris punctata, Liatris pycnostachya


Member meronymgenus Liatris, Liatris









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