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BITTERROOT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots; the Montana state flower
Synonyms:
bitterroot; Lewisia rediviva
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bitterroot" is a kind of...):
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
Holonyms ("bitterroot" is a member of...):
genus Lewisia; Lewisia (genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers)
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