Definitions for snakeroot

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snakeroot snake·root

Spelling: [sneyk-root, -roo t]

IPA: /ˈsneɪkˌrut, -ˌrʊt/

Snakeroot is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 609 anagrams from letters in snakeroot (aeknoorst).

Definitions for snakeroot

noun

1. any of various plants whose roots have been regarded as a remedy for snakebites, as the herb Aristolochia serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot) having a medicinal rhizome and rootlets, and the white-flowered Polygala senega (Seneca snakeroot) having a medicinal root.
2. the root or rhizome of such a plant.
3. the North American bugbane.
4. a white eupatorium, Eupatorium rugosum.
5. a plant, Rauwolfia serpentina (or Rauvolfia serpentina), whose roots are the source of reserpine and other drugs.

Origin of snakeroot

First recorded in 1625-35; snake + root¹

Examples for snakeroot

Old lady Field she make medicine with snakeroot and larkspur and marshroot and redroot.

Good-day, sonnies, said snakeroot Sam, doffing his dilapidated hat with mock courtesy.

snakeroot Sam is a mighty clever feller, and he says he will help us all he can.

The flowers are produced from near the base of the plant, similar to its near relative, the Canada snakeroot.

She needed no snakeroot and saffron, nor indeed any other form of herb tea.

The snakeroot and the quinine did noble work, and thenceforth her recovery was rapid.

Dixon also reported that the natives have a keen sense of smell, which they quicken by the use of snakeroot.

"snakeroot and cinnamon," chimed in Rachel, looking up from her sewing with a very innocent face.