1.  snakeroot(n = noun.plant) sanicle - 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

2.  snakeroot(n = noun.plant) blazing star, button snakeroot, gay-feather, gayfeather - any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads;
is a kind of wild flower, wildflower
is a member of genus liatris, liatris
has particulars: dotted gayfeather, liatris punctata, dense blazing star, liatris pycnostachya

   Any one of several plants of different genera and species, most of which are (or were formerly) reputed to be efficacious as remedies for the bites of serpents; also, the roots of any of these. [1913 Webster]
" The Virginia snakeroot is Aristolochia Serpentaria; black snakeroot is Sanicula, esp. S. Marilandica, also Cimicifuga racemosa; Seneca snakeroot is Polygala Senega; button snakeroot is Liatris, also Eryngium; white snakeroot is Eupatorium ageratoides. The name is also applied to some others besides these." [1913 Webster]

snakeroot, n. any of various N. American plants, esp. Cimicifuga racemosa, with roots reputed to contain an antidote to snake's poison.

black snakeroot, broom snakeroot, button snakeroot, seneca snakeroot, senega snakeroot, seneka snakeroot, virginia snakeroot, white snakeroot