Snakeroot

n.

1.

(Bot.) Any one of several plants of different genera and species, most of which are (or were formerly) reputed to be efficacious as remedies for the bites of serpents; also, the roots of any of these.

Noun	1.	snakeroot - 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 Synonyms: sanicle
	2.	snakeroot - any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads Synonyms: gay-feather, gayfeather, blazing star, button snakeroot

European sanicle, footsteps-of-spring, genus Sanicula, herb, herbaceous plant, purple sanicle, sanicle, Sanicula, Sanicula arctopoides, Sanicula bipinnatifida, Sanicula Europaea