Meaning of SQUAWROOT
| Pronunciation: | | 'skwo`root
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| | Definition: | | [n] tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally |
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| | Synonyms: | | blue cohosh, blueberry root, Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides, papoose root, papooseroot, squaw root |
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| | See Also: | | bush, Caulophyllum, genus Caulophyllum, shrub | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Squaw"root`\, n. (Bot.)
A scaly parasitic plant ({Conopholis Americana}) found in oak
woods in the United States; -- called also {cancer root}.
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