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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

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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.

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