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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The rattlesnake-root, Prenanthes alba, of the United States, a milky-juiced composite having an intensely bitter root, which is used as a domestic tonic.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a sage of eastern U. S. (Salvia lyrata).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun sage of eastern United States
  • noun sage of eastern United States

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