Noun: black snakeroot blak 'sneyk,root
- Deciduous low-growing perennial of Canada and eastern and central United States
"Black snakeroot flowers bloomed along the woodland path";
- Canada ginger, Asarum canadense
- North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia
"black snakeroot is used in traditional herbal medicine";
- black cohosh, rattle-top, Cimicifuga racemosa
Derived forms: black snakeroots
Type of: bugbane, wild ginger
Encyclopedia: Black snakeroot