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black snakeroot

noun

  1. a tall bugbane, Cimicifuga racemosa, of the buttercup family, of eastern North America, having thin, tapering, toothed or deeply cut leaflets and branched clusters of small, white flowers.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of black snakeroot1

An Americanism dating back to 1690–1700
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Example Sentences

Sometimes folks got black snakeroot from the woods, biled it, and gave the tea to sick folks; that was to clean off the stomach.

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