[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["any of various plants whose roots root been regarded as a remedy for snakebites, as the herb Aristolochia serpentaria Virginia snakeroot,having a medicinal rhizome and rootlets, and the white-flowered Polygala senega Seneca snakeroot,having a medicinal root .", "the root rhizome of such a plant.", "the North American bugbane.", "a white eupatorium,Eupatorium rugosum.", "a plant,Rauwolfia serpentina(or Rauvolfia serpentina), whose roots root the source of reserpine and other drugs."]}]