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Webster 1913 Edition
Bitterroot
Bit′ter-rootˊ
,Noun.
(Bot.)
A plant (
Lewisia rediviva
) allied to the purslane, but with fleshy, farinaceous roots, growing in the mountains of Idaho, Montana, etc. It gives the name to the Bitter Root mountains and river. The Indians call both the plant and the river Spæt’lum. Definition 2024
bitterroot
bitterroot
See also: Bitterroot
English
Bitterroot flower
Alternative forms
- bitter-root, bitter root
Noun
bitterroot (countable and uncountable, plural bitterroots)
- Lewisia rediviva, a small, low, pink flower with a yellow center.
- Apocynum androsaemifolium, fly-trap dogbane.
Synonyms
- (Lewisia rediviva): Oregon bitterroot
Translations
Lewisia rediviva
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Adjective
bitterroot (not comparable)
- (usually used attributively) Having bitter roots.