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ERYNGIUM YUCCIFOLIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Eryngium yuccifolium mean?
• ERYNGIUM YUCCIFOLIUM (noun)
The noun ERYNGIUM YUCCIFOLIUM has 1 sense:
1. coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite
Familiarity information: ERYNGIUM YUCCIFOLIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
button snakeroot; Eryngium yuccifolium; rattlesnake's master; rattlesnake master
Hypernyms ("Eryngium yuccifolium" is a kind of...):
perennial ((botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more)
Holonyms ("Eryngium yuccifolium" is a member of...):
Eryngium; genus Eryngium (large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distribution)
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