tinker's root

tinker's root
noun
coarse weedy American perennial herb with large usually perfoliate leaves and purple or dull red flowers
Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
Member Holonyms: ↑Triostium, ↑genus Triostium

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\\|tiŋkə(r)z-\ noun or tinker's weed
Etymology: tinker probably from the name Tinker

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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