Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SNAKE-WOOD
SNAKE-WOOD, n. [snake and wood.]
The smaller branches of a tree, growing in the isle of Timor and other parts of the east, having a bitter taste, and supposed to be a certain remedy for the bite of the hooded serpent. – Hill. It is the wood of the Strychnos colubrina. – Parr.
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