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Definition of Button snakeroot
1. Noun. Coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite.
Exact synonyms: Eryngium Yuccifolium, Rattlesnake Master, Rattlesnake's Master
Generic synonyms: Perennial
Group relationships: Eryngium, Genus Eryngium
Generic synonyms: Perennial
Group relationships: Eryngium, Genus Eryngium
2. Noun. Coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots; southeastern United States; often confused with rattlesnake master.
Exact synonyms: Eryngium Aquaticum
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Eryngium, Genus Eryngium
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Eryngium, Genus Eryngium
3. Noun. Any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads.
Exact synonyms: Blazing Star, Gay-feather, Gayfeather, Snakeroot
Generic synonyms: Wild Flower, Wildflower
Group relationships: Genus Liatris, Liatris
Specialized synonyms: Dotted Gayfeather, Liatris Punctata, Dense Blazing Star, Liatris Pycnostachya
Generic synonyms: Wild Flower, Wildflower
Group relationships: Genus Liatris, Liatris
Specialized synonyms: Dotted Gayfeather, Liatris Punctata, Dense Blazing Star, Liatris Pycnostachya
Literary usage of Button snakeroot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1895)
"... blazing-star, or gay- feather, is a genus of very showy plants from the Western
and Southern States. They have tuberous roots, button snakeroot. ..."
2. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"Maine to Florida, west to Texas, Nebraska and Manitoba. Large Button-Snakeroot,
Gay-feather, Rattlesnake's- master, Blue Blazing-star, Devil 's-bit. ..."
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