- texas snakeroot
- noun
Usage: usually capitalized T: a birthwort (Aristolochia reticulata) of the southwestern United States that resembles the Virginia snakeroot in its medicinal properties
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Texas snakeroot — n a plant of the genus Aristolochia (A. reticulata) that occurs in the southwestern U.S. and resembles the Virginia snakeroot in its medicinal properties see SERPENTARIA … Medical dictionary
snakeroot — SYN: serpentaria. Canada s. SYN: Asarum canadense. European s. SYN: Asarum europaeum. Seneca s. SYN: senega. Texas s. botanical source of serpentaria. Virginia s. Aristolochia serpentaria; botanical source of serpentaria. * * * snake·root .rüt,… … Medical dictionary
serpentaria — The dried rhizome and roots of Aristolochia s., Virginia snakeroot, or of A. reticulata, Texas snakeroot (family Aristolochiaceae); a stomachic. SYN: snakeroot. [L. snakeweed] * * * ser·pen·tar·ia .sər pən tar ē ə n the dried rhizome and roots of … Medical dictionary
Aristolochia — Aris·to·lo·chia (.)a .ris tə lō kē ə n a large genus (the type of the family Aristolochiaceae) of mostly tropical herbs or woody vines with pungent aromatic rootstocks and very irregular flowers that includes several that have been used… … Medical dictionary
serpentaria — ˌ ̷ ̷pən.ˈta(a)rēə noun ( s) Etymology: Late Latin, snakeroot, from Latin serpent , serpens serpent, snake + aria ary 1. : the dried rhizom … Useful english dictionary
Aristolochia — taxobox name = Aristolochia image caption = Calico Flower ( Aristolochia littoralis , sometimes called A. elegans ) regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Magnoliids ordo = Piperales familia = Aristolochiaceae genus =… … Wikipedia
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Sanicula marilandica — Taxobox name = Maryland black snakeroot image width = 240px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Apiales familia = Apiaceae genus = Sanicula species = S. marilandica binomial = Sanicula marilandica binomial… … Wikipedia
dotted gayfeather — noun herb with many stems bearing narrow slender wands of crowded rose lavender flowers; central United States and Canada to Texas and northern Mexico • Syn: ↑Liatris punctata • Hypernyms: ↑blazing star, ↑button snakeroot, ↑gayfeather, ↑gay… … Useful english dictionary
Liatris punctata — noun herb with many stems bearing narrow slender wands of crowded rose lavender flowers; central United States and Canada to Texas and northern Mexico • Syn: ↑dotted gayfeather • Hypernyms: ↑blazing star, ↑button snakeroot, ↑gayfeather, ↑gay… … Useful english dictionary
