Virginia snakeroot

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Origin of Virginia snakeroot

An Americanism dating back to 1685–95

Words nearby Virginia snakeroot

Virginian, Virginia pine, Virginia plan, Virginia rail, Virginia reel, Virginia snakeroot, Virginia stock, Virginia willow, virginibus puerisque, Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands National Park

How to use Virginia snakeroot in a sentence

Even though clerks in Virginia, Colorado, Utah, and other states have been doing exactly that.
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I first saw Marvin when I was ten years old, living with my parents in Arlington, Virginia.
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The former Virginia governor was once the golden boy of the GOP.
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I was a part of this tour, debating Meyer in Richmond, Virginia in April.
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Further, in the Super Tuesday states of Florida, Texas, and Virginia, Paul is operating at a decided disadvantage.
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He was long a correspondent of the National Intelligencer and other papers, residing in Virginia.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Then follows an account of the life of the Jesuit prisoners, in Virginia and England.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
The pipe has a modern look and is altogether unlike those found by the English in use among the Indians in Virginia.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
In 1622 a monopoly of the importation of tobacco was granted to the Virginia and Somers Island, companies.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Virginia leaf still continues to flourish, and to-day it is the great agricultural product of the State.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.