Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
rattle-root .
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- noun North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia
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But as that old foster-father in the comedy, being now to take his leave doth with a great deal of ceremony, require his foster-child's rhombus, or rattle-top, remembering nevertheless that it is but a rhombus; so here also do thou likewise.
Meditations Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
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