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B0288200 (bĭt′ər-ro͞ot′, -ro͝ot′)n. A perennial herb (Lewisia rediviva) native to western North America, having showy pink or whitish flowers and a bitter but edible fleshy root.

bitterroot

(ˈbɪtəˌruːt) n (Plants) a pink flower with an edible root found growing in America

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(ˈbɪt ərˌrut, -ˌrʊt)

n. a plant, Lewisia rediviva, of the purslane family, having pink flowers and fleshy roots. [1825–35, Amer.]

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bitterroot - showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots; the Montana state flowerLewisia redivivawild flower, wildflower - wild or uncultivated flowering plantgenus Lewisia, Lewisia - genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers

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Bitterroot,

river, c.120 mi (190 km) long, rising in SW Mont. and flowing north to join the Clark Fork River near Missoula. A Roman Catholic mission was established on the river in 1841, and missionaries are credited with introducing farming in the area. The Bitterroot Valley experienced rapid population growth in the 1990s.

bitterroot:

see purslanepurslane,
common name for some plants of the Portulaceae, a family of herbs and a few small shrubs, chiefly of the Americas. The portulacas or purslanes (genus Portulaca) include many species indigenous to the United States. The pussley, or common purslane (P.
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of Montana. [Flower Symbolism: Golenpaul, 636]See: Flower, State

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noun showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots

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