YELLOW ROOT

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Meaning:

Perennial herb of northeastern United States having a thick knotted yellow rootstock and large rounded leaves

Synonyms:

golden seal; goldenseal; Hydrastis Canadensis; turmeric root; yellow root

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Nouns denoting plants

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

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("yellow root" is a member of...):

genus Hydrastis; Hydrastis (small genus of perennial herbs having rhizomes and palmate leaves and small solitary flowers; of northeastern United States and Japan)

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