RATTLESNAKE ROOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rattlesnake root mean? 

• RATTLESNAKE ROOT (noun)
  The noun RATTLESNAKE ROOT has 2 senses:

1. herb of central and southern Europe having purple florets

2. a plant of the genus Nabalus

  Familiarity information: RATTLESNAKE ROOT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RATTLESNAKE ROOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Herb of central and southern Europe having purple florets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Prenanthes purpurea; rattlesnake root

Hypernyms ("rattlesnake root" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("rattlesnake root" is a member of...):

genus Prenanthes; Prenanthes (genus of North American and Asiatic perennial herbs having pinnatisect leaves small heads of drooping yellowish to purple flowers; sometimes includes species often placed in genus Nabalus)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A plant of the genus Nabalus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("rattlesnake root" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rattlesnake root"):

cankerweed; Nabalus alba; Prenanthes alba; white lettuce (herb of northeastern North America having drooping clusters of yellowish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes)

Holonyms ("rattlesnake root" is a member of...):

genus Nabalus; Nabalus (genus of North American and east Asian perennial herbs; sometimes included in genus Prenanthes)

 Context examples 

Also called black snakeroot, bugbane, bugwort, and rattlesnake root.

(Black cohosh, NCI Dictionary)

Also called black cohosh, black snakeroot, bugwort, and rattlesnake root.

(Bugbane, NCI Dictionary)

Also called black cohosh, bugbane, bugwort, and rattlesnake root.

(Black snakeroot, NCI Dictionary)

Also called black cohosh, black snakeroot, bugbane, and rattlesnake root.

(Bugwort, NCI Dictionary)