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bitter root

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bit⋅ter⋅root

[bit-er-root, -root]
–noun
a plant, Lewisia rediviva, of the purslane family, having pink flowers and fleshy roots that are edible when young: the state flower of Montana.
Also, bitter root.


Origin:
1825–35, Americanism; bitter + root 1
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