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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024squaw•root (skwô′ro̅o̅t′, -rŏŏt′),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologya fleshy, leafless plant, Conopholis americana, of the broomrape family, native to eastern North America, having a stout, yellowish, conelike stalk of lipped flowers, and growing in clusters, esp. under oaks.
- Plant Biologythe blue cohosh. See under cohosh.
- squaw + root1, from its former use by Indians in treating women 1805–15
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