Snakeroot Definition

Snakeroot Sentence Examples

• Both medicinal and flowering plants are exceptionally abundant; a few of the former are ginseng, snakeroot, bloodroot, hore-hound, thoroughwort, redroot (Ceanothus Americanus), horse mint and wild flax, and prominent among the latter are jessamines, azaleas, lilies, roses, violets, honey-suckle and golden-rod.

• Indian snakeroot has been used traditionally to treat hypertension, especially when associated with stress and anxiety.

• Rauwolfia serpentina, or snakeroot, is a plant that has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for nearly 1000 years.

• A. canadense is the Canadian Snakeroot, which bears in spring curious brownish-purple flowers, the roots being strongly aromatic, like Ginger.

• A. virginicum is the Heart Snakeroot, its leaves thick and leathery, with the upper surface mottled with white.