WHITE SNAKEROOT

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Meaning:

American herb having flat-topped clusters of small white flower heads; reputedly a cause of trembles and milk sickness; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium

Synonyms:

Ageratina altissima; Eupatorium rugosum; white sanicle; white snakeroot

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("white snakeroot" 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 ("white snakeroot" is a member of...):

Ageratina; genus Ageratina (annual to perennial herbs or shrubs of eastern United States and Central and South America)

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