Serpentine

Definitions

1. A lake in Hyde Park, London.
2. A river in Alaska.
3. Any of several plants believed to cure snakebites.
4. A river in Australia.
5. An early form of cannon, used in the 16th century.
   historical
6. A river in Canada.
7. A kind of firework.
8. A minor river in Tasman district and the city of Nelson, New Zealand.
9. A coiled distillation tube.
10. A town in the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Western Australia.
11. Any of several related cubic curves; anguinea
12. In dressage, a winding walk across on the arena.
13. Any of several green/brown minerals consisting of magnesium and iron silicates that have similar layered crystal structure, whose appearance somewhat resembles a snake's skin.
14. An outcrop or region with soil and rock dominated by these minerals.

Equivalents

Examples

“It is reached by five-and-twenty steps of porphyry and serpentine.”

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