saururus cernuus

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saururus cernuus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lizard's tail \Liz"ard's tail`\n. (Bot.)
     A perennial plant of the genus Saururus (Saururus cernuus
     ), growing in marshes, and having white flowers
     crowded in a slender terminal spike, somewhat resembling in
     form a lizard's tail; whence the name. --Gray.
     [1913 Webster]

saururus cernuus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Saururus cernuus
      n 1: North American herbaceous perennial of wet places having
           slender curled racemes of small white flowers [syn:
           lizard's-tail, swamp lily, water dragon, Saururus cernuus
           ]