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SENECA SNAKEROOT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Seneca snakeroot mean?
• SENECA SNAKEROOT (noun)
The noun SENECA SNAKEROOT has 1 sense:
1. eastern North American plant having a terminal cluster of small white flowers and medicinal roots
Familiarity information: SENECA SNAKEROOT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eastern North American plant having a terminal cluster of small white flowers and medicinal roots
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Polygala senega; Seneca snakeroot; senega root; senega snakeroot; Seneka snakeroot; senga root
Hypernyms ("Seneca snakeroot" is a kind of...):
milkwort (any of various plants of the genus Polygala)
Meronyms (parts of "Seneca snakeroot"):
senega (dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin)
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