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noun
Either of two not closely related plants from eastern North America:
Conopholis americana which is parasitic on the roots of other trees.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Either of two not closely related plants from eastern North America:
Trillium erectum, that has foul-smelling, yellow to purple flowers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: blue cohosh, blueberry root, papooseroot, papoose root, squaw root, Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shrub, bush
History
From squaw + root.
