Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun snakeroot

2 senses of snakeroot

Sense 1
sanicle, snakeroot -- (a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers)
       => herb, herbaceous plant -- (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Sense 2
blazing star, button snakeroot, gayfeather, gay-feather, snakeroot -- (any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads)
       => wildflower, wild flower -- (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)