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BLUEBERRY ROOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blueberry root mean? 

BLUEBERRY ROOT (noun)
  The noun BLUEBERRY ROOT has 1 sense:

1. tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinallyplay

  Familiarity information: BLUEBERRY ROOT used as a noun is very rare.


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BLUEBERRY ROOT (noun)


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Meaning:

Tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

blue cohosh; blueberry root; Caulophyllum thalictrioides; Caulophyllum thalictroides; papoose root; papooseroot; squaw root; squawroot

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

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

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

Caulophyllum; genus Caulophyllum (blue cohosh)


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