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squawroot |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Squawroot \Squaw"root`\, n. (Bot.) A scaly parasitic plant ({Conopholis Americana}) found in oak woods in the United States; -- called also {cancer root}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: squawroot n : tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally [syn: {blue cohosh}, {blueberry root}, {papooseroot}, {papoose root}, {squaw root}, {Caulophyllum thalictrioides}, {Caulophyllum thalictroides}]
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