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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Birthroot \Birth"root`\, n. (Bot.)
     An herbaceous plant ({Trillium erectum}), and its astringent
     rootstock, which is said to have medicinal properties.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  birthroot
       n : trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to
           purple flowers and an astringent root used in fold
           medicine especially to ease childbirth [syn: {purple
           trillium}, {red trillium}, {Trillium erectum}]

















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