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 snake·root /ˈsnekˌrut, ˌrʊt/
 其根能治好蛇咬傷的一種植物

 snake·root /-ˌrut, ˌrʊt/ 名詞
 蛇根馬兜鈴,美蛇根

 Snake·root n. Bot. Any one of several plants of different genera and species, most of which are (or were formerly) reputed to be efficacious as remedies for the bites of serpents; also, the roots of any of these.
 Note: ☞ The Virginia snakeroot is Aristolochia Serpentaria; black snakeroot is Sanicula, esp. Sanicula Marilandica, also Cimicifuga racemosa; Seneca snakeroot is Polygala Senega; button snakeroot is Liatris, also Eryngium; white snakeroot is Eupatorium ageratoides. The name is also applied to some others besides these.
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 snakeroot
      n 1: 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 [syn: sanicle]
      2: any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris
         having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads
         [syn: blazing star, button snakeroot, gayfeather, gay-feather]