A perennial plant of the genus Saururus (S. cernuus), growing in marshes, and having white flowers crowded in a slender terminal spike, somewhat resembling in form a lizard's tail; whence the name.
LIZARD'S TAIL
Meaning of LIZARD'S TAIL in English
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012