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bitterroot

or bit·ter root

[ bit-er-root, -root ]

noun

  1. a plant, Lewisia rediviva, of the purslane family, having pink flowers and fleshy roots root that are edible when young: the state flower of Montana.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bitterroot1

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35; bitter + root 1
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Example Sentences

In the kitchen, Houseman-Whitehawk cooked green beans, bitterroot and coconut rice on the stove.

Standing in a patch of bitterroot, serviceberry and sage at the foot of Elk Mountain, Mr. Hettick called apps such as OnX “the best thing that’s happened to access in years.”

I said, ‘It’s called bitterroot. It’s something that Native Americans used back in the day to numb their tooth when they got a toothache.’

There were deer, and wild carrots, and bitterroot.

No ingredients are listed on the bottle, but according to the president, the drink is derived from artemisia, a bitterroot used in some malaria drugs.

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