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Webster 1913 Edition

Snakeweed

Snake′weedˊ

,

Noun.

(Bot.)

(a)

A kind of knotweed (

Polygonum Bistorta

).

(b)

The Virginia snakeroot. See

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Snakeweed

SNA'KEWEED

,

Noun.

[snake and weed.] A plant, bistort, of the genus Polygonum.

Definition 2024

snakeweed

snakeweed

English

Noun

snakeweed ‎(usually uncountable, plural snakeweeds)

Any of various, unrelated plants reputed to cure snakebite.
A poisonous American plant of the genus Gutierrezia.

Synonyms

(Gutierrezia): matchweed