senega root
noun
1
: seneca snakeroot
2
: senega
Word History
Etymology
alteration of Seneca root; from its use by the Seneca as a remedy for snakebite
First Known Use
circa 1846, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
senega root
noun
1
: seneca snakeroot
2
: senega
- threshing floor
- threshing machine
- threshings
- threshold
- threshold exposure
- threshold frequency
- thresholded
- thresholding
- thresholds
- threskiornes
- threskiornises
- threskiornisses
- Threskiornithidae
- threskiornithidaes
- threw
- threw (on)
- threw away
- threw back
- threw cold water on
- threw down
- threw in
- threw in the towel
- threw off
- threw on
- threw out