Defenition of the word button snakeroot
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Defenition of the word button snakeroot
- any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads
- coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots; southeastern United States; often confused with rattlesnake master
- coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite
Synonyms for the word button snakeroot
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- blazing star
- Eryngium aquaticum
- Eryngium yuccifolium
- gayfeather
- rattlesnake master
- rattlesnake's master
- snakeroot
Meronymys for the word button snakeroot
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- Eryngium
- genus Eryngium
- genus Liatris
- Liatris
Hyponyms for the word button snakeroot
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- dense blazing star
- dotted gayfeather
- Liatris punctata
- Liatris pycnostachya
Hypernyms for the word button snakeroot
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- herb
- herbaceous plant
- perennial
- wild flower
- wildflower
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