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    BIRTHROOT

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    birthroot; purple trillium; red trillium; Trillium erectum

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    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("birthroot" is a kind of...):

    trillium; wake-robin; wood lily (any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petaled flower)

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