rattlesnake master

rattlesnake master
noun
coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite
Hypernyms: ↑perennial
Member Holonyms: ↑Eryngium, ↑genus Eryngium

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noun or rattlesnake's master
: any of various plants held to cure the bite of a rattlesnake: as
a. : any of various button snakeroots of the genera Liatris or Eryngium
b. : false aloe 1

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1. any of various plants of the genus Eryngium, esp. E. yuccifolium, having spiny leaves and dense, rounded flower heads.
2. any of several other plants, esp. of the genus Liatris.
[1800-10, Amer.]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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