|  snakeroot 
 
 1. any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads
 • Syn:
 blazing star, button snakeroot, gayfeather, gay-feather
 • Hypernyms:
 wildflower, wild flower
 • Hyponyms:
 dotted gayfeather, Liatris punctata, dense blazing star, Liatris pycnostachya
 • Member Holonyms:
 Liatris, genus Liatris
 2. 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
 • Syn:
 sanicle
 • Hypernyms:
 herb, herbaceous plant
 • Hyponyms:
 footsteps-of-spring, Sanicula arctopoides, purple sanicle, Sanicula bipinnatifida, European sanicle, Sanicula Europaea
 • Member Holonyms:
 Sanicula, genus Sanicula
 
 
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