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Webster 1913 Edition


Redroot

Red′rootˊ

(r?d′r?tˊ)
,
Noun.
(Bot.)
A name of several plants having red roots, as the New Jersey tea (see under
Tea
), the gromwell, the bloodroot, and the Lachnanthes tinctoria, an endogenous plant found in sandy swamps from Rhode Island to Florida.

Definition 2024


redroot

redroot

English

Noun

redroot (plural redroots)

  1. Any of several plants with red roots, such as the New Jersey tea, the gromwell, the bloodroot, and Lachnanthes tinctoria.