About The Word Bitterroot

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Bitterroot to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Bitterroot definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Bitterroot

Bitterroot Meaning & Definition
Bitterroot Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bitterroot?

[n] showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots; the Montana state flower

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bitterroot:

See Also | genus Lewisia | Lewisia | wild flower | wildflower

Bitterroot In Webster's Dictionary

\Bit"ter*root`\, n. (Bot.) A plant ({Lewisia rediviva}) allied to the purslane, but with fleshy, farinaceous roots, growing in the mountains of Idaho, Montana, etc. It gives the name to the Bitter Root mountains and river. The Indians call both the plant and the river Sp[ae]t'lum.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Petaurista petaurista ‐ East Indian…
  • Wallace stevens ‐ United States poet…
  • Crosstie ‐ one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track;…
  • Whitish ‐ tending toward white [adj] resembling milk in color or cloudiness;…
  • Lepista irina ‐ an edible agaric with large silky white caps and…
  • Ponka ‐ the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Ponca people [n] a member of…
  • Moss green ‐ of a moderate somewhat dull…
  • Navy base ‐ base of operations for a…
  • Mary ii ‐ Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; she was the eldest…
  • Monopolization ‐ domination (of a market or commodity) to the exclusion…