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Birthroot

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Noun

1. birthroot, purple trillium, red trillium, trillium erectum

trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Birthroot

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noun
any of several North American plants of the genus Trillium, esp T. erectum, whose tuber-like roots were formerly used by the Native Americans as an aid in childbirth: family Trilliaceae

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Birthroot

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noun
any of various trilliums whose rootstocks were supposed by the American Indians to be of help in childbirth

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Birthroot

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n.
See trillium.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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