bitterroot

Lewisia rediviva, a small, low, pink flower with a yellow center.

Adjective

  1. Having bitter roots.

Origin

From bitter + root.

Forms

bitter-root bitter root

Derived

bitterroot buckwheat bitterroot milkvetch bitter root draba

Noun

  1. Lewisia rediviva, a small, low, pink flower with a yellow center.
  2. Apocynum androsaemifolium (fly-trap dogbane).
  3. Gentiana lutea (great yellow gentian, bitterwort)

Forms

bitterroots bitter-root bitter root

Synonyms

Oregon bitterroot