Button snakeroot Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite
    rattlesnake's master; Eryngium yuccifolium; rattlesnake master.
  2. noun coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots; southeastern United States; often confused with rattlesnake master
    Eryngium aquaticum.
  3. noun any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads
    blazing star; snakeroot; gayfeather; gay-feather.

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Definitions
  1. . (Bot.) (a) The American composite genus Liatris, having rounded buttonlike heads of flowers. (b) An American umbelliferous plant with rigid, narrow leaves, and flowers in dense heads.

Webster 1913