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gold·thread (-t̸hred′)

noun

☆ any of a genus (Coptis) of North American plants of the buttercup family, esp. a small perennial (C. groenlandica) with white flowers and yellow rhizomes, used in folk medicine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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