Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
{Ground rattlesnake} (Zo["o]l.), a small rattlesnake
({Caudisona, or Sistrurus, miliaria}) of the Southern
United States, having a small rattle. It has nine large
scales on its head.
{Rattlesnake fern} (Bot.), a common American fern
({Botrychium Virginianum}) having a triangular decompound
frond and a long-stalked panicle of spore cases rising
from the middle of the frond.
{Rattlesnake grass} (Bot.), a handsome American grass
({Glyceria Canadensis}) with an ample panicle of rather
large ovate spikelets, each one composed of imbricated
parts and slightly resembling the rattle of the
rattlesnake. Sometimes called {quaking grass}.
{Rattlesnake plantain} (Bot.), See under {Plantain}.
{Rattlesnake root} (Bot.), a name given to certain American
species of the composite genus {Prenanthes} ({P. alba} and
{P. serpentaria}), formerly asserted to cure the bite of
the rattlesnake. Calling also {lion's foot}, {gall of the
earth}, and {white lettuce}.
{Rattlesnake's master} (Bot.)
(a) A species of Agave ({Agave Virginica}) growing in the
Southern United States.
(b) An umbelliferous plant ({Eryngium yucc[ae]folium}) with
large bristly-fringed linear leaves.
(c) A composite plant, the blazing star ({Liatris
squarrosa}).
{Rattlesnake weed} (Bot.), a plant of the composite genus
{Hieracium} ({H. venosum}); -- probably so named from its
spotted leaves. See also {Snakeroot}.