Sĕr'pen-tā'rī-ā, n.

n. [Lat. (sc. herba), from serpens, Fr. serpentaire. See supra.] (Bot.) A plant of various genera and species:—applied especially as the specific name of numerous plants that have been reputed to be remedial of snake-bites, as Aristolochia serpentaria, Prenanthes serpentaria, &c.