prairie button snakeroot

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noun

a stout composite plant, Liatris pycnostachya, of prairies in the central U.S., having showy, rose-purple flower heads in dense spikes.

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Also called Kansas gay-feather.

Words nearby prairie button snakeroot

prahu, Praia, Prairial, prairie, prairie breaker, prairie button snakeroot, prairie chicken, prairie clover, prairie crab apple, prairie crocus, prairie dog

How to use prairie button snakeroot in a sentence

Gay marriage was the hot-button fight on the left and right.
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Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.
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He stands, one assumes on a porch, which overlooks a prairie.
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In a hot-button cover story interview with Vanity Fair, Lawrence explained it best.
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There is a disconnect, which allows for some distance between his actions and your button presses.
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"I verily believe they're gone to look at my button," cried Davy, beginning to laugh, in spite of his fears.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
This, thought I, is a dismal-looking outcome—two men and a dead horse left high and dry on the sun-flooded prairie.
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Not while I had the open prairie underfoot and the summer sky above, and hands to strike a blow or pull a trigger.
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Button Gwinnett, one of the signers, died of a wound received in a duel.
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"We'll be blamed lucky if we don't run into a prairie-fire before mornin'," Piegan grumbled.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair