Rattlesnake's master Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite
Eryngium yuccifolium; rattlesnake master; button snakeroot.
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(Bot.) (a) A species of Agave (Agave Virginica ) growing in the Southern United States .(b) An umbelliferous plant (Eryngium yuccæfolium ) with large bristly-fringed linear leaves .(c) A composite plant, the blazing star (Liatris squarrosa ).
