单词 | redroot |
释义 | redroot[ red-root, -root ] / ˈrɛdˌrut, -ˌrʊt / nouna North American plant, Lachnanthes caroliniana (or L. tinctoria), having sword-shaped leaves, woolly, yellowish flowers, and a root that is red in color. any of various other plants having red roots, as the alkanet, Alkanna tinctoria, pigweed, Amaranthus retroflexus, and New Jersey tea, Ceanothus americanus. Origin of redrootAn Americanism dating back to 1700–10; red1 + root1 Words nearby redrootredress the balance, red ribbon, Red River, Red River War, red roman, redroot, red rose, red rot, red route, red rover, red run Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for redroot
British Dictionary definitions for redrootredroot / (ˈrɛdˌruːt) / nouna bog plant, Lachnanthes tinctoria, of E North America, having woolly yellow flowers and roots that yield a red dye: family Haemodoraceae another name for pigweed (def. 1) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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