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seneca snakeroot
(encz) | Seneca snakeroot, |
Seneca snakeroot
(gcide) | Senecas \Sen"e*cas\, n. pl.; sing. Seneca. (Ethnol.)
A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited a part of Western
New York. This tribe was the most numerous and most warlike
of the Five Nations.
[1913 Webster]
Seneca grass(Bot.), holy grass. See under Holy.
Seneca eil, petroleum or naphtha.
Seneca root, or Seneca snakeroot (Bot.), the rootstock of
an American species of milkworth (Polygala Senega)
having an aromatic but bitter taste. It is often used
medicinally as an expectorant and diuretic, and, in large
doses, as an emetic and cathartic. [Written also {Senega
root}, and Seneka root.]
[1913 Webster] |
seneca snakeroot
(wn) | Seneca snakeroot
n 1: eastern North American plant having a terminal cluster of
small white flowers and medicinal roots [syn: {Seneca
snakeroot}, Seneka snakeroot, senga root, {senega
root}, senega snakeroot, Polygala senega] |
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