NOUN | plant | sanicle, snakeroot | a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit |
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Meaning | A plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers. | |
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Synonym | snakeroot | |
Member of | Sanicula, genus Sanicula | chiefly American herbs |
Narrower | European sanicle, Sanicula Europaea | sanicle of Europe and Asia having white to pale pink flowers |
footsteps-of-spring, Sanicula arctopoides | sanicle of northwestern United States and British Columbia having yellow flowers | |
purple sanicle, Sanicula bipinnatifida | sanicle of northwestern United States and British Columbia having yellow or red or purple flowers | |
Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
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