redroot

red·root

R0105800 (rĕd′ro͞ot′, -ro͝ot′)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 New Jersey tea.

redroot

(ˈrɛdˌruːt) n1. (Plants) a bog plant, Lachnanthes tinctoria, of E North America, having woolly yellow flowers and roots that yield a red dye: family Haemodoraceae2. (Plants) another name for pigweed¹

red•root

(ˈrɛdˌrut, -ˌrʊt)

n. an E North American swamp plant, Lachnanthes tintoria, of the bloodwort family, having sword-shaped leaves, woolly yellowish flowers, and a red root.

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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 expectorantbloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis, tetterwort, puccoongenus Sanguinaria, Sanguinaria - one species: bloodrootherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests