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redroot — noun perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant • Syn: ↑bloodroot,… … Useful english dictionary
redroot — ☆ redroot [red′ro͞ot΄, red′root΄ ] n. any of various plants with red roots, as a) a small shrub (genus Ceanothus) of the buckthorn family b) a marsh plant (Lachnanthes tinctoria) of the bloodwort family, with sword shaped leaves and flat clusters … English World dictionary
pigweed — /pig weed /, n. 1. any goosefoot of the genus Chenopodium, esp. C. album. 2. any of certain amaranths, as Amaranthus retroflexus. [1795 1805; PIG1 + WEED1] * * * ▪ plant any of several coarse annual plants of cosmopolitan distribution that… … Universalium
redroot — noun Date: 1709 1. a perennial herb (Lachnanthes caroliniana syn. L. tinctoria) of the eastern United States whose red root is the source of a dye 2. New Jersey tea 3. bloodroot 4. a pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus) that bears greenish flowers in … New Collegiate Dictionary
redroot — /red rooht , root /, n. 1. a North American plant, Lachnanthes caroliniana (or L. tinctoria), having sword shaped leaves, woolly, yellowish flowers, and a red root. 2. any of various other plants having red roots, as the alkanet, Alkanna… … Universalium
giant pigweed — giant pigweed, a variety of pigweed having red roots; redroot. It belongs to the amaranth family … Useful english dictionary
Amaranth — Amarantus redirects here. For the ancient Greek writer, see Amarantus of Alexandria. For other uses, see Amaranth (disambiguation). Amaranthus Amaranthus caudatus Scientific classification … Wikipedia
List of Canadian plants by genus — Below is a list of Canadian plants by genus. Due to the vastness of Canada s biodiversity, this page is divided.Many of the plants seen in Canada are introduced, either intentionally or accidentally. N indicated native and X indicated exotic.… … Wikipedia
Amaranthus retroflexus — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) … Wikipedia
Ailanthus altissima — Tree of Heaven Large … Wikipedia
