birthroot

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birthroot - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Birthroot \Birth"root`\, n. (Bot.)
     An herbaceous plant (Trillium erectum), and its astringent
     rootstock, which is said to have medicinal properties.
     [1913 Webster]

birthroot - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  birthroot
      n 1: trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to
           purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine
           especially to ease childbirth [syn: purple trillium, red trillium
           , birthroot, Trillium erectum]