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Webster 1913 Edition
Birthroot
Birth′rootˊ
,Noun.
(Bot.)
An herbaceous plant (
Trillium erectum
), and its astringent rootstock, which is said to have medicinal properties. Definition 2024
birthroot
birthroot
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Noun
birthroot (countable and uncountable, plural birthroots)
- Trillium erectum, a perennial plant of North America with deep-red flowers.