RATTLESNAKE MASTER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite

Synonyms:

button snakeroot; Eryngium yuccifolium; rattlesnake's master; rattlesnake master

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("rattlesnake master" is a kind of...):

perennial ((botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more)

Holonyms ("rattlesnake master" is a member of...):

Eryngium; genus Eryngium (large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distribution)

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