rattlesnake weed

rattlesnake weed
noun
a hawkweed with a rosette of purple-veined basal leaves; Canada to northern Georgia and Kentucky
• Syn: ↑Hieracium venosum
• Hypernyms: ↑hawkweed

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noun
1. : a hawkweed (Hieracium venosum) with purple-veined leaves
3. : a weedy herb (Daucus pusillus) of the western United States having short involucral bracts and bristly fruit — called also bristly carrot
4. : rattlebox 2b

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1. a hawkweed, Hieracium venosum, of eastern North America, whose leaves and root are thought to possess medicinal properties.
2. a carrotlike weed, Daucus pusillus, of southern and western North America.
3. any of certain other plants, as an umbelliferous plant, Eryngium aquaticum.
[1750-60, Amer.]

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rattlesnake weed,
1. a North American hawkweed, having leaves marked with purple veins. Its leaves and root are thought to be medicinal.
2. a weed of the parsley family, found in southern and western North America.
3. a marsh plant of the same family, found in the southeast United States.
4. = rattlesnake plantain. (Cf. ↑rattlesnake plantain)
╂[because of its coloration, or its reputation as a remedy for snakebites]

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