bitterroot

or bit·ter root

[ bit-er-root, -root ]

noun

1. a plant, Lewisia rediviva, of the purslane family, having pink flowers and fleshy roots root that are edible when young: the state flower of Montana.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bitterroot¹

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35; bitter + root ¹

Example Sentences

Bitterroot was dug on prairie hills, wild potatoes were found in the foothills, and the wild onion grew in the valley floors.

From Project Gutenberg

I have examined a number of mice from the Bitterroot Valley in western Montana and the color value for 12 adults is 2.7.

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The average of all the specimens from the Bitterroot Valley is a little nearer oribasus.

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This took place in the Bitterroot Mountains in Idaho, in 1902.

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