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Lizard's-tail

Lizard's-tail Meaning & Definition
Lizard's-tail Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lizard's-tail?

[n] North American herbaceous perennial of wet places having slender curled racemes of small white flowers

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lizard's-tail: Saururus cernuus | swamp lily | water dragon

Related Terms | Find terms related to Lizard's-tail:

See Also | bog plant | genus Saururus | marsh plant | Saururus | swamp plant

Lizard's-tail In Webster's Dictionary

\Liz"ard's tail`\ (Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus {Saururus} ({S. cernuus}), growing in marshes, and having white flowers crowded in a slender terminal spike, somewhat resembling in form a lizard's tail; whence the name. --Gray.

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