BALSAMROOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does balsamroot mean? 

• BALSAMROOT (noun)
  The noun BALSAMROOT has 1 sense:

1. a plant of the genus Balsamorhiza having downy leaves in a basal rosette and yellow flowers and long balsam-scented taproots

  Familiarity information: BALSAMROOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BALSAMROOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A plant of the genus Balsamorhiza having downy leaves in a basal rosette and yellow flowers and long balsam-scented taproots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("balsamroot" 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 ("balsamroot" is a member of...):

Balsamorhiza; genus Balsamorhiza (genus of coarse western American herbs with large roots containing an aromatic balsam)