BITTERROOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bitterroot mean? 

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

1. showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots; the Montana state flower

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BITTERROOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bitterroot; Lewisia rediviva

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)