Definition of Black snakeroot

1. Noun. Deciduous low-growing perennial of Canada and eastern and central United States.

Exact synonyms: Asarum Canadense, Canada Ginger
Generic synonyms: Wild Ginger

2. Noun. North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia.
Exact synonyms: Black Cohosh, Cimicifuga Racemosa, Rattle-top
Generic synonyms: Bugbane

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Snakeroot

black salts
black saltwort
black sanctis
black sanctus
black sanctuses
black santis
black santos
black scabbardfish
black shale
black sheep
black sickness
black slug
black slugs
black smoker
black snakeroot (current term)
black spleenwort
black spore
black spot
black spots
black spruce
black squirrel
black stork
black stuff
black sumac
black swan
black swans
black tarantula
black tea
black tern

Literary usage of Black snakeroot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Drugs and medicines of North America: A Publication Devoted to the by John Uri Lloyd, Curtis Gates Lloyd (1885)
"In the drug trade it is known either as black snakeroot or Black Cohosh. The plant was one of the many reported cures for the bite of the rattlesnake, ..."

2. A Universal formulary: Containing the Methods of Preparing and Administering by Robert Eglesfeld Griffith (1866)
"black snakeroot. This a the root of Cimicifuga ... black snakeroot, four ounces. Alcohol, one pint. f'o>t for fourteen days, and filter. ..."

3. Drugs and medicines of North America: A Publication Devoted to the by John Uri Lloyd, Curtis Gates Lloyd (1885)
"In the drug trade it is known either as black snakeroot or Black Cohosh. The plant was one of the many reported cures for the bite of the rattlesnake, ..."

4. A Universal formulary: Containing the Methods of Preparing and Administering by Robert Eglesfeld Griffith (1866)
"black snakeroot. This a the root of Cimicifuga ... black snakeroot, four ounces. Alcohol, one pint. f'o>t for fourteen days, and filter. ..."

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