rattlesnake master
Any member of the species Eryngium yuccifolium and EAny member of the species Eryngium yuccifolium and E. aquaticum, common herbaceous perennial plants native to the tallgrass prairies of North America.
Meaning
2 sensesAny member of the species Eryngium yuccifolium and E. aquaticum, common herbaceous perennial plants native to the tallgrass prairies of North America.
Any member of the species Agave virginica (syn. Manfreda virginica), a flowering plant.
- coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite
Origin
The plant was reputed to cure rattlesnake bites.The plant was reputed to cure rattlesnake bites.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: rattlesnake mastersSynonyms
3 synonyms- coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite:rattlesnake's masterbutton snakerootEryngium yuccifolium
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.