HyperDic: white_snakeroot

English > 1 sense of the expression white snakeroot:
NOUNplantwhite snakeroot, white sanicle, Ageratina altissima, Eupatorium rugosumAmerican herb having flat-topped clusters of small white flower heads
English > white snakeroot: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAmerican herb having flat-topped clusters of small white flower heads; reputedly a cause of trembles and milk sickness; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium.
Synonymswhite sanicle, Ageratina altissima, Eupatorium rugosum
Member ofAgeratina, genus Ageratinaannual to perennial herbs or shrubs of eastern United States and Central and South America
Broaderherb, herbaceous plantA plant lacking a permanent woody stem

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