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 flower

Synonyms:

bitterroot; Lewisia rediviva

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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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