birthroot Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth
    purple trillium; Trillium erectum; red trillium.

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Birth"root` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) An herbaceous plant (Trillium erectum), and its astringent rootstock, which is said to have medicinal properties.

Webster 1913