HyperDic: birthroot

English > 1 sense of the word birthroot:
NOUNplantbirthroot, purple trillium, red trillium, Trillium erectumtrillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth
English > birthroot: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningtrillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth.
Synonymspurple trillium, red trillium, Trillium erectum
Broadertrillium, wood lily, wake-robinAny liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petaled flower

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