snake-weed

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• snake|weed — «SNAYK WEED», noun. 1. = bistort. (Cf. ↑bistort) 2. any one of the weedy plants among which snakes are supposed to abound. 3. any herb of a group of the composite family with small yellow flower heads …   Useful english dictionary

• snake-weed — paprastoji gyvatžolė statusas T sritis vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Bistorta major angl. common bistort; European bistort; snake root; snake weed vok. Krebswurz; Schlangen Knöterich; Schlangenwurz; Wiesen Knöterich rus. горец аптечный; горец… …   Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas

• snake-root — paprastoji gyvatžolė statusas T sritis vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Bistorta major angl. common bistort; European bistort; snake root; snake weed vok. Krebswurz; Schlangen Knöterich; Schlangenwurz; Wiesen Knöterich rus. горец аптечный; горец… …   Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas

• Snake cucumber — Cucumber Cu cum*ber (k? k?m b?r, formerly kou k?m b?r), n. [OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis, gen.cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (Bot.) A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus {Cucumis}, esp.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Grass snake — Grass Grass, n. [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, gr[ae]s, g[ae]rs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras, Dan. gr[ae]s, Sw. gr[aum]s, and prob. to E. green, grow. Cf. {Graze}.] 1. Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• blue weed — viper vi per (v[imac] p[ e]r), n. [F. vip[ e]re, L. vipera, probably contr. fr. vivipera; vivus alive + parere to bring forth, because it was believed to be the only serpent that brings forth living young. Cf. {Quick}, a., {Parent}, {Viviparous} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Rattlesnake weed — Rattlesnake Rat tle*snake (r[a^]t t l*sn[=a]k ), n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera {Crotalus} and {Caudisona}, or {Sistrurus}; sometimes also called {rattler}. They have a series of horny …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• snakeweed — snake•weed [[t]ˈsneɪkˌwid[/t]] n. pln bistort 1) • Etymology: 1590–1600 …   From formal English to slang

• Crotalus — Klapperschlangen Texas Klapperschlange (Crotalus atrox) Systematik Klasse: Reptilien (Reptilia) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Klapperschlangen — Texas Klapperschlange (Crotalus atrox) Systematik Klasse: Reptilien (Reptilia) Ordnung …   Deutsch Wikipedia