rattlesnake root

noun

Definition of RATTLESNAKE ROOT

: any of various plants formerly believed to be distasteful to rattlesnakes or effective against their venom: as

a : any of a genus (Prenanthes, especially P. altissima) of composite plants with small heads of drooping ligulate flowers

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