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redroot definition

☆ red·root (red′ro̵̅o̅t′, -ro̵ot′)

noun

any of various plants with red roots, as
  1. a small shrub (genus Ceanothus) of the buckthorn family
  2. a marsh plant (Lachnanthes tinctoria) of the bloodwort family, with sword-shaped leaves and flat clusters of small, woolly, yellow flowers, found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
  3. pigweed (sense )
  4. bloodroot

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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