Definition for SNAKE-ROOT

SNAKE-ROOT, n. [snake and root.]

A popular name supplied to a great number of different plants, probably to 50 or 100. It is a literal translation of Ophiorrhiza, the name of a genus of plants. The number of plants called by the name of snakeroot, in America, is far too great for enumeration in this place.

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