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RATTLESNAKE MASTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite
Synonyms:
button snakeroot; Eryngium yuccifolium; rattlesnake's master; rattlesnake master
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("rattlesnake master" is a kind of...):
perennial ((botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more)
Holonyms ("rattlesnake master" is a member of...):
Eryngium; genus Eryngium (large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distribution)