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Lizard's-tail
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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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