BUTTON SNAKEROOT


Meaning of BUTTON SNAKEROOT in English

1. any composite plant of the genus Liatris, having narrow, alternate leaves and spikelike heads of rose-purple flowers.

2. an eryngo, Eryngium yuccifolium, of the southeastern U.S., having bristly leaves and whitish flowers.

[ 1765-75, Amer. ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .