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Definition of Birthroot
1. Noun. Trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth.
Generic synonyms: Trillium, Wake-robin, Wood Lily
Definition of Birthroot
1. n. An herbaceous plant (Trillium erectum), and its astringent rootstock, which is said to have medicinal properties.
Definition of Birthroot
1. Noun. ''Trillium erectum'', a perennial plant of North America with deep-red flowers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Birthroot
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Medical Definition of Birthroot
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Birthroot
Literary usage of Birthroot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Familiar Flowers of Field and Garden by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1895)
"birthroot,or Here, again, Grav is rather inaccu- Wake Robin. rate regarding ...
This birthroot is one of those pretty aesthetic red flowers whose color ..."
2. Catalogue of the Flora of Minnesota, Including Its Phaenogamous and Vascular by Warren Upham (1884)
"T. erectum, L. Purple Trillium or birthroot. Bath Flower. ... birthroot. Frequent,
in seme localities plentiful, throughout the ..."
3. Gray's School and Field Book of Botany: Consisting of "First Lessons in by Asa Gray (1880)
"TRILLIUM, THREE-LEAVED NIGHTSHADE, WAKE KOBIN, birthroot. ... T. erectum, PURPLE T.
or birthroot. Chiefly N. : not so large as the preceding; the dark dull ..."
4. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"... Rattlesnake-root, Snakebite. b. T. er^ctum L. Canada, south to Tennessee and
Missouri, also in Japan. birthroot ..."
5. Journal of Materia Medica (1870)
"Some of the species, the flowers are nodding, others, erect The roots are somewhat
tuberous. Prof. Lee says, in popular practice the birthroot is used in ..."
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