sanicle(n = noun.plant) snakeroot - a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers;
is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
is a member of genus sanicula, sanicula
has particulars: footsteps-of-spring, sanicula arctopoides, purple sanicle, sanicula bipinnatifida, european sanicle, sanicula europaea

   Any plant of the umbelliferous genus Sanicula, reputed to have healing powers. [1913 Webster]

sanicle, n. any umbelliferous plant of the genus Sanicula, esp. S. europaea, formerly believed to have healing properties.

Etymology:
ME ult. f. med.L sanicula perh. f. L sanus healthy

european sanicle, purple sanicle, white sanicle