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RATTLESNAKE ROOT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A plant of the genus Nabalus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rattlesnake root"):

cankerweed; Nabalus alba; Prenanthes alba; white lettuce (herb of northeastern North America having drooping clusters of yellowish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes)

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

genus Nabalus; Nabalus (genus of North American and east Asian perennial herbs; sometimes included in genus Prenanthes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Herb of central and southern Europe having purple florets

Synonyms:

Prenanthes purpurea; rattlesnake root

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

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

genus Prenanthes; Prenanthes (genus of North American and Asiatic perennial herbs having pinnatisect leaves small heads of drooping yellowish to purple flowers; sometimes includes species often placed in genus Nabalus)

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