rattleroot en · NOUN
Etymology
From rattle + root.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Synonym of rattleweed (“Actaea racemosa”)
[…] 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 […]
1854, Horton Howard, An Improved System of Botanic Medicine, page 343: