rose-root

rose-root
noun
Eurasian mountain plant with fleshy pink-tipped leaves and a cluster of yellow flowers
Syn: ↑midsummer-men, ↑Sedum rosea
Hypernyms: ↑sedum
Member Holonyms: ↑genus Sedum

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