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Webster 1913 Edition


Birthroot

Birth′rootˊ

,
Noun.
(Bot.)
An herbaceous plant (
Trillium erectum
), and its astringent rootstock, which is said to have medicinal properties.

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birthroot

birthroot

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Noun

birthroot (countable and uncountable, plural birthroots)

  1. Trillium erectum, a perennial plant of North America with deep-red flowers.