rattleroot

English

Etymology

From rattle +‎ root.

Noun

rattleroot (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of rattleweed (“Actaea racemosa”)
    • 1854, Horton Howard, An Improved System of Botanic Medicine (page 343)
      […] the rattleroot produced the most decidedly beneficial effects. He also tried it in one case of intermittent fever which had resisted the ordinary treatment for six weeks, and cured it in four days […]
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