| NOUN | plant | snakeroot, sanicle | a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit |
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| plant | snakeroot, blazing star, button snakeroot, gayfeather, gay-feather | any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonym | sanicle | |
| Member of | Sanicula, genus Sanicula | chiefly American herbs |
| Narrower | European sanicle, Sanicula Europaea | sanicle of Europe and Asia having white to pale pink flowers |
| footsteps-of-spring, Sanicula arctopoides | sanicle of northwestern United States and British Columbia having yellow flowers | |
| purple sanicle, Sanicula bipinnatifida | sanicle of northwestern United States and British Columbia having yellow or red or purple flowers | |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| Meaning | 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, button snakeroot, gayfeather, gay-feather | |
| Member of | Liatris, genus Liatris | genus of perennial North American herbs with aromatic usually cormous roots |
| Narrower | dense blazing star, Liatris pycnostachya | perennial of southeastern and central United States having very dense spikes of purple flowers |
| dotted gayfeather, Liatris punctata | herb with many stems bearing narrow slender wands of crowded rose-lavender flowers | |
| Broader | wildflower, wild flower | wild or uncultivated flowering plant |
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