SENEKA SNAKEROOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Seneka snakeroot mean? 

• SENEKA SNAKEROOT (noun)
  The noun SENEKA SNAKEROOT has 1 sense:

1. eastern North American plant having a terminal cluster of small white flowers and medicinal roots

  Familiarity information: SENEKA SNAKEROOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SENEKA SNAKEROOT (noun)

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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 ("Seneka snakeroot" is a kind of...):

milkwort (any of various plants of the genus Polygala)

Meronyms (parts of "Seneka snakeroot"):

senega (dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin)