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Definition of Snakeroots
1. snakeroot [n] - See also: snakeroot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snakeroots
Literary usage of Snakeroots
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Pharmacy: Designed as a Text-book for the Student, and as a by Edward Parrish (1884)
"... or some of the numerous other roots occasionally, or perhaps locally, denominated
snakeroots, were desired ; while, if the specific English name, ..."
2. An Introduction to practical pharmacy by Edward Parrish (1856)
"whether serpentaria, cimicifuga, asarum, senega, eryngium, or some of the numerous
other roots occasionally, or perhaps locally, denominated snakeroots, ..."
3. An Introduction to Practical Pharmacy: Designed as a Text-book for the by Edward Parrish (1859)
"... while, if the specific English name, as Virginia, Canada, black or button
snakeroots, was applied, the merit of conciseness would be sacrificed. ..."
4. A Treatise on Pharmacy .. by Edward Parrish (1864)
"Canada, black or button snakeroots, was applied, the merit of conciseness would
be sacrificed. If chamomile were ordered, it would be necessary to specify ..."
5. The Writings of Bret Harte by Bret Harte (1896)
"Looks like one o' them snakeroots you dig up with a little mud stuck to it,"
returned Rupert critically. " That's my name." They both stood looking at it ..."
6. Latin and Greek in American Education: With Symposia on the Value of by Francis Willey Kelsey (1911)
"Of snakeroots there are numberless kinds. Quite apart from the value of Latin or
Greek as illuminating the technical vocabularies of the professions, ..."
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