bitterroot

• bitter-root, bitter root

From bitter +‎ root.

bitterroot (countable and uncountable, plural bitterroots)

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)

• (Lewisia rediviva): Oregon bitterroot

bitterroot (not comparable)

1. (usually used attributively) Having bitter roots.

• bitterroot buckwheat
• bitterroot milkvetch
• bitter root draba

•   bitterroot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (Lewisia)
•   Apocynum androsaemifolium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•   Lewisia rediviva on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
•   Apocynum androsaemifolium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
•   Lewisia rediviva on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
•   Apocynum androsaemifolium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• bitterroot at USDA Plants database (Lewisia)
• bitterroot at USDA Plants database (Apocynum)
• bitterroot at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. (Lewisia)
• bitterroot at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. (Apocynum)