snakeroot

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noun

Any member of the genus Ageratina of perennials and rounded shrubs from the sunflower family, growing mainly in the warmer regions of the Americas.

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Meanings

nounsnakeroot (countable and uncountable, plural snakeroots)

plural snakeroots

  1. countableuncountableAny member of the genus Ageratina of perennials and rounded shrubs from the sunflower family, growing mainly in the warmer regions of the Americas.
  2. Any of various plants of other genera, including:
    1. countableuncountableEupatorium spp.
    2. countableuncountableAsarum canadense (Canadian snakeroot)
    3. countableuncountableAristolochia serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot)
    4. countableuncountableEryngium cuneifolium
    5. countableuncountablePlantago major
    6. countableuncountablePolygala senega (Seneca snakeroot)
    7. countableuncountableRauvolfia serpentina (Indian snakeroot).
    8. countableuncountableBistorta officinalis (common bistort)

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers

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sanicle
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herbherbaceous plant

nounany of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads

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wildflowerwild flower
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blazing starbutton snakerootdragonwortgayfeathersanicle

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From snake + root.

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Cite this entry
APA

snakeroot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snakeroot

MLA

“snakeroot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snakeroot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snakeroot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snakeroot.

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