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snakeweed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables
snake-weed
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various not closely related plants reputed to cure snakebite.

Uncountable

noun

Any member of the genus Gutierrezia of poisonous American plants; matchweed.

Uncountable

noun

Bistorta officinalis (common bistort).

Uncountable

Etymology

From snake + weed: in some cases (e.g. bistort) because of the twisted roots.

Usage

Inflected Forms

snakeweeds (plural)

Phrases

blue snakeweed Cayenne snakeweed dark blue snakeweed dark-blue snakeweed

Synonyms

matchweed rabbitweed rabbit-weed broom snakeweed broom snakeroot turpentine weed gutierrezia sarothrae

Questions

What does snakeweed mean?
Any of various not closely related plants reputed to cure snakebite.
Where does snakeweed come from?
From snake + weed: in some cases (e.g. bistort) because of the twisted roots.

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