snakeroot

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Ageratina

Etymology

From snake +‎ root.

Noun

snakeroot (countable and uncountable, plural snakeroots)

1. Any 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. Eupatorium spp.
   2. Asarum canadense (Canadian snakeroot)
   3. Aristolochia serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot)
   4. Eryngium cuneifolium
   5. Plantago major
   6. Polygala senega (Seneca snakeroot)
   7. Rauvolfia serpentina (Indian snakeroot).
   8. Bistorta officinalis (common bistort)

Derived terms

• black snakeroot (Actaea racemosa, black cohosh, Sanicula spp.)
• button snakeroot
• Sampson's snakeroot
• white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima, Ayapana triplinervis)