[red-root, -roo
t] 
| 1. | a North American plant, Lachnanthes caroliniana (or L. tinctoria), having sword-shaped leaves, woolly, yellowish flowers, and a red root. |
| 2. | any of various other plants having red roots, as the alkanet, Alkanna tinctoria, pigweed, Amaranthus retroflexus, and New Jersey tea, Ceanothus americanus. |
| ce·a·no·thus (sē'ə-nô'thəs) n. Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ceanothus, native mostly to western North America and having showy clusters of usually blue or whitish flowers. Also called redroot. [New Latin, genus name, from Greek keanōthos, corn-thistle.] |
| red·root (rěd'rōōt', -rŏŏt') n.
|