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Squawroot

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Noun

1. blue cohosh, blueberry root, caulophyllum thalictrioides, caulophyllum thalictroides, papoose root, papooseroot, squaw root, squawroot

tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Squawroot

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noun
informal
a North American parasitic herb, Conopholis Americana, that has a root formerly used for medicinal purposes

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Squawroot

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noun
1. 
an E North American yellowish-brown, scaly, leafless plant (Conopholis americana) of the broomrape family, parasitic on the roots of some trees, esp. oaks
2. 
a purple trillium (Trillium erectum)

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

Squawroot

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n.
Any of several North American plants, especially:
a. A parasitic plant (Conopholis americana) having a scaly brownish stem and a conelike inflorescence of tubular yellowish flowers.
b. A trillium (Trillium erectum) having strong-smelling purple to yellow flowers.

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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