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    BITTERROOT

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots; the Montana state flowerplay

    Synonyms:

    bitterroot; Lewisia rediviva

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

    Holonyms ("bitterroot" is a member of...):

    genus Lewisia; Lewisia (genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers)

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