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birthroot definition

☆ birth·root (-ro̵̅o̅t′)

noun

any of various trilliums whose rootstocks were supposed by the American Indians to be of help in childbirth

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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