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squawroot

[ skwaw-root, -root ]

noun

  1. a fleshy, leafless plant, Conopholis americana, of the broomrape family, native to eastern North America, having a stout, yellowish, conelike stalk of lipped flowers, and growing in clusters, especially under oaks.
  2. the blue cohosh. cohosh


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Word History and Origins

Origin of squawroot1

1805–15; squaw + root 1, from its former use by Indians in treating women

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