cottonmouth

English

Etymology

From cotton +‎ mouth.

Noun

cottonmouth (plural cottonmouths)

1. (medicine, uncountable) An oral dryness often associated with certain medicines and recreational drugs.
2. A snake, Agkistrodon piscivorus, the water moccasin.
3. A snake, Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, the northern copperhead.

Synonyms

• (oral dryness): dry mouth, xerostomia

Derived terms

• cottonmouthed