birthroot

[burth-root, -root]

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noun

Also called birthwort, purple trillium.��a trillium, Trillium erectum, the roots root of which were formerly used in medicine as an astringent.
any of certain other species of trillium.

birthroot

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noun

any of several North American plants of the genus Trillium , esp T. erectum , whose tuber-like roots were formerly used by the Native Americans as an aid in childbirth: family Trilliaceae

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Word History and Origins

Origin of birthroot¹

First recorded in 1815–25; birth + root ¹

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It is first cousin to the trilliums, among the prettiest of our native wild flowers, and the same bad blood crops out in the purple trillium or birthroot.

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"It is first cousin to the trilliums, among the prettiest of our native wild flowers," continues Burroughs, "and the same bad blood crops out in the purple trillium or birthroot."

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