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Virginia snakeroot
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Virginia snakeroot - birthwort of the eastern United States woodlandsAristolochia serpentaria, Virginia serpentaria, Virginia serpentaryAristolochia clematitis, birthwort - creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America |
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Vir·gin·i·a snake·rootAristolochia serpentaria (q.v.); botanical source of serpentaria.snakerootNAM-000889 (snak'root?) Any of numerous plants once believed to be useful as a remedy for poisonous snakebites.black snakerootBlack cohosh.Seneca snakeroot, senega snakerootSenega root.Texas snakeroot See: AristolochiaVirginia snakeroot See: Aristolochiawhite snakerootA perennial herb (Eupatorium rugosum Houtt) that contains the toxin tremetol and was once thought to be useful as a remedy for snakebites. The tremetol causes trembles in animals and milk sickness in humans. See: milk sickness; trembles; tremetolVirginia snakeroot
Related to Virginia snakeroot: Aristolochia serpentariaSynonyms for Virginia snakerootnoun birthwort of the eastern United States woodlandsSynonyms- Aristolochia serpentaria
- Virginia serpentaria
- Virginia serpentary
Related Words- Aristolochia clematitis
- birthwort
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