rattlesnakeroot

rattlesnakeroot
rattlesnake root n.
Any of various plants of the genus Prenanthes, having bitter-tasting tuberous roots and white to purple ligulate flower heads.
  [From the belief that the root cured a rattlesnake's bite.]

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