| NOUN | plant | button snakeroot, rattlesnake master, rattlesnake's master, Eryngium yuccifolium | coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite |
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| plant | button snakeroot, Eryngium aquaticum | coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots | |
| plant | button snakeroot, blazing star, gayfeather, gay-feather, snakeroot | any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads |
| Meaning | coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite. | |
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| Synonyms | rattlesnake master, rattlesnake's master, Eryngium yuccifolium | |
| Member of | Eryngium, genus Eryngium | large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads |
| Broader | perennial | (botany) a plant lasting / lasting for three seasons or more |
| Meaning | coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots; southeastern United States; often confused with rattlesnake master. | |
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| Synonym | Eryngium aquaticum | |
| Member of | Eryngium, genus Eryngium | large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| Meaning | Any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads. | |
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| Synonyms | blazing star, gayfeather, gay-feather, snakeroot | |
| Member of | Liatris, genus Liatris | genus of perennial North American herbs with aromatic usually cormous roots |
| Narrower | dense blazing star, Liatris pycnostachya | perennial of southeastern and central United States having very dense spikes of purple flowers |
| dotted gayfeather, Liatris punctata | herb with many stems bearing narrow slender wands of crowded rose-lavender flowers | |
| Broader | wildflower, wild flower | wild or uncultivated flowering plant |
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