SnakerootWordNet Explorer

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

wild or uncultivated flowering plant

genus of perennial North American herbs with aromatic usually cormous roots

herb with many stems bearing narrow slender wands of crowded rose-lavender flowers; central United States and Canada to Texas and northern Mexico

perennial of southeastern and central United States having very dense spikes of purple flowers; often cultivated for cut flowers

a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers

a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

chiefly American herbs: sanicle