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redroot

[ red-root, -root ]

noun

  1. a North American plant, Lachnanthes caroliniana (or L. tinctoria ), having sword-shaped leaves, woolly, yellowish flowers, and a root that is red in color.
  2. any of various other plants having red roots, as the alkanet, Alkanna tinctoria, pigweed, Amaranthus retroflexus, and New Jersey tea, Ceanothus americanus.


redroot

/ ˈrɛdˌruːt /

noun

  1. a bog plant, Lachnanthes tinctoria , of E North America, having woolly yellow flowers and roots that yield a red dye: family Haemodoraceae
  2. another name for pigweed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of redroot1

An Americanism dating back to 1700–10; red 1 + root 1
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Example Sentences

He notes merely the white blossoms of the redroot peeping through the withered leaves, and the buds of the buckeye.

The weeds commonly called redroot or iron-weed are very good for this.

It does indeed look like a kind of forethought in the redroot.

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