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Definition: Snakeroot |
SnakerootNoun1. 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. 2. Any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "snakeroot" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1870. (references) |
Synonyms: SnakerootSynonyms: blazing star (n), button snakeroot (n), gayfeather (n), sanicle (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: milkwort (food & agriculture, biology & biotechnology). |
Crosswords: Snakeroot |
| English words defined with "snakeroot": genus Polygala ♦ milk sickness ♦ Polygala, Polygala alba ♦ rattlesnake weed ♦ senega, Serpentaria ♦ trembles. (references) |
Expressions using "snakeroot": Black Snakeroot ♦ broom snakeroot ♦ Button snakeroot ♦ Seneca snakeroot ♦ senega snakeroot ♦ seneka snakeroot ♦ Virginia snakeroot ♦ white snakeroot. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
snakeroot | 33 |
snakeroot white | 7 |
kansas snakeroot | 4 |
black snakeroot | 4 |
snakeroot virginia | 3 |
indian snakeroot | 2 |
buyer snakeroot | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "snakeroot"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sort slangerod (black cohosh, bugbane), senega maelkeurt (milkwort, senega), bjergmandstro (field eryngo, sea eryngo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vleugeltjesbloem (milkwort, senega), kruisdistel (eryngo, field eryngo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | seneganjuuri (milkwort, senega), senega (milkwort, senega). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | polygale vulgaire, panicaut champêtre, laitier commun, herbe au lait, cimifugue, cimicaire, chasse-punaise, chardon roulant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schwarzes Wanzenkraut (black cohosh, bugbane), Kreuzblume (finial, milkwort, senega), Feldmannstreu (field eryngo, sea eryngo), Brachdistel (field eryngo, sea eryngo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κιμιτσιφούγκα η βοτρυοειδής (black cohosh, bugbane), μοσχάγκαθο (field eryngo, sea eryngo), πολύγαλον το βιργίνιον (milkwort, senega), φιδάγκαθο (field eryngo, sea eryngo), φυγόκορις (black cohosh, bugbane), ηρύγγιον το αρουραίον (field eryngo, sea eryngo), αγκαθιά (field eryngo, sea eryngo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | poligala vulgaris (milkwort, senega), eringio (field eryngo, sea eryngo), cimicifuga racemosa (black cohosh, bugbane), calcatreppola (field eryngo, sea eryngo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | akerootsnay cimífuga (black cohosh, bugbane). (various references) pinchona (field eryngo, sea eryngo), hierba sonajero (black cohosh, bugbane), cimicifuga (black cohosh, bugbane), cardo corredor (field eryngo, sea eryngo). (various references) senegarot (milkwort, senega), fältmarton (field eryngo, sea eryngo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ARISTOLOCHIA ARBORESCENS, Cimicifuga racemosa, Cimicifuga serpentaria, Eryngium campestre, Marcrotys racemosa, Polygala senega. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "snakeroot": snakeroots. (additional references) | |
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"Snakeroot" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Anakreon, Sakarov. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-k-n-o-o-r-s-t" | |
-2 letters: atoners, enroots, rankest, ratoons, senator, snooker, stooker, tankers, treason. | |
-3 letters: antres, arkose, arseno, astern, atoner, atones, enroot, karoos, korats, kroons, nestor, nooser, noters, oaters, orates, ornate, ratoon, reason, resoak, retook, senora, skater, soaker, sooner, sterna, stoker, stoner, strake, streak, stroke, strook, takers, tanker, taroks, tenors, tensor, tokens, tokers, toners, torose, tranks, troaks. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-k-n-o-o-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: snakeroots. | |
+3 letters: zooplankters. | |
+4 letters: heterokaryons, thrombokinase. | |
+5 letters: thrombokinases. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6E 61 6B 65 72 6F 6F 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -. .- -.- . .-. --- --- - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101110 01100001 01101011 01100101 01110010 01101111 01101111 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S n a k e r o o t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006E 0061 006B 0065 0072 006F 006F 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)538067777184818186 |
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