Definitions for "Snakeroot"
Any one of several plants of different genera and species, most of which are (or were formerly) reputed to be efficacious as remedies for the bites of serpents; also, the roots of any of these.
Aristolochia serpentaria, a perennial herb also called Virginia Snakeroot, Snagrel, Sangrel, Snakeweed and Texas Snakeroot. White Snakeroot is Eupatorium rugosum, a plant related to the daisy that is also called White Sanicle and Richweed. Black Snakeroot is another name for Black Cohosh ( Cimicifuga racemosa), which is also called Bugbane and Rattlesnake Root.
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