WordNet
rattlesnake master
n. coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite [syn: rattlesnake's master, button snakeroot, Eryngium yuccifolium]
Wikipedia
Rattlesnake Master
Rattlesnake master may refer to:
- Eryngium aquaticum, rattlesnakemaster; native to eastern North America
- Eryngium yuccifolium, rattlesnake master; a common herbaceous perennial plant, native to the tallgrass prairies of central North America
- Manfreda virginica, rattlesnake master; a species of flowering plant related to agaves.
Usage examples of "rattlesnake master".
Scarcely had I finished these words, when, turning suddenly my head round, my attention was attracted by an object before me, and a gleam of hope irradiated my gloomy mind: close to my feet I beheld five or six stems of the rattlesnake master weed.