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Noun: black snakeroot  blak 'sneyk,root
  1. Deciduous low-growing perennial of Canada and eastern and central United States
    - Canada ginger, Asarum canadense
     
  2. North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia
    - black cohosh, rattle-top, Cimicifuga racemosa

Derived forms: black snakeroots

Type of: bugbane, wild ginger

Encyclopedia: Black snakeroot