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CLOVEROOT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cloveroot mean?
• CLOVEROOT (noun)
The noun CLOVEROOT has 1 sense:
1. hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally
Familiarity information: CLOVEROOT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
clover-root; cloveroot; Geum urbanum; herb bennet; wood avens
Hypernyms ("cloveroot" is a kind of...):
avens (any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers)
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