Dictionary entry

SNAKEROOT

Webster's Dictionary 1828

SNA'KEROOT, noun [snake and root.] A plant, a species of birth-wort, growing in North Am merica the Aristolochia serpentaria.

SNA'KE'SHEAD Iris, noun A plant with a lily shaped flower, or one leaf, shaped like an iris; the hermodactyl, or Iris tuberosa.