(n) 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, Syn. snakeroot
(n) American herb having flat-topped clusters of small white flower heads; reputedly a cause of trembles and milk sickness; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium, Syn. Eupatorium rugosum, Ageratina altissima, white sanicle