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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Birthroot \Birth"root`\, n. (Bot.) An herbaceous plant ({Trillium erectum}), and its astringent rootstock, which is said to have medicinal properties. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: birthroot n : trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in fold medicine especially to ease childbirth [syn: {purple trillium}, {red trillium}, {Trillium erectum}]
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