(n)North American herbaceous perennial of wet places having slender curled racemes of small white flowers, Syn.water dragon, Saururus cernuus, swamp lily
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pos>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 ]