squawroot
squawroot · squawroots
Either of two not closely related plants from eastern North AmericaEither of two not closely related plants from eastern North America: Conopholis americana which is parasitic on the roots of other trees.
Meaning
2 sensesEither of two not closely related plants from eastern North America:
(countable, uncountable)Conopholis americana which is parasitic on the roots of other trees.
(countable, uncountable)Trillium erectum, that has foul-smelling, yellow to purple flowers.
More definitions
- tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally
Origin
From squaw + root.From squaw + root.
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Forms
plural: squawrootsSynonyms
7 synonymsClose in meaning
- tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally:blue cohoshblueberry rootpapooserootpapoose rootsquaw rootCaulophyllum thalictrioidesCaulophyllum thalictroides
Lessons for this word
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