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squaw⋅root

  [skwaw-root, -root]
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–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, esp. under oaks.
2. the blue cohosh.
See under cohosh.

Origin:
1805–15; squaw + root 1 , from its former use by Indians in treating women
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squaw·root   (skwô'rōōt', -rŏŏt')   
n.  

  1. An eastern North American plant (Conopholis americana) parasitic on the roots of oaks and other trees and having tubular yellowish flowers and a stem covered with brownish scales.

  2. An eastern North American plant (Trillium erectum) having ill-smelling, purple to yellow flowers with three petals and dark red, six-angled fruit.

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