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1. coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite

2. coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots; southeastern United States; often confused with rattlesnake master

3. any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads

1. : a plant of the genus Liatris

2. : any of several plants of the genus Eryngium; especially : a coarse prickly plant (E. aquaticum) of the southern United States with compact umbels and aromatic roots

1. any composite plant of the genus Liatris, having narrow, alternate leaves and spikelike heads of rose-purple flowers.

2. an eryngo, Eryngium yuccifolium, of the southeastern U.S., having bristly leaves and whitish flowers.

[1765-75, Amer.]

button snakeroot,

any plant of a genus of North American perennial herbs of the composite family, bearing spikes of rose-purple, buttonlike flowers; the blazing star or gayfeather.