button snakeroot

n 1: coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to

cure rattlesnake bite [syn: {rattlesnake master}, {rattlesnake's

master}, {Eryngium yuccifolium}]

2: coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots;

southeastern United States; often confused with

rattlesnake master [syn: {Eryngium aquaticum}]

3: any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris

having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads

[syn: {blazing star}, {gayfeather}, {snakeroot}]