red·root (r d r t , -r t)n. 1. An eastern North American bog plant (Lachnanthes caroliana) having red roots and woolly yellow flowers. 2. A coarse cosmopolitan weed (Amaranthus retroflexus) having hairy leaves and stout terminal panicles with dense lateral spikes of green flowers. 3. See ceanothus. |
redroot [ˈrɛdˌruːt]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a bog plant, Lachnanthes tinctoria, of E North America, having woolly yellow flowers and roots that yield a red dye: family Haemodoraceae
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for pigweed [1]
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| Noun | 1. |  redroot - perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorantgenus Sanguinaria, Sanguinaria - one species: bloodroot herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests |
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