CHOCOLATE ROOT

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Meaning:

Erect perennial of north temperate zone having pinnate leaves and a few nodding flowers with a brown-purple calyx and orange and pink petals

Synonyms:

chocolate root; Geum rivale; Indian chocolate; purple avens; water avens

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("chocolate root" is a kind of...):

avens (any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers)

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