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May 25, 2012
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birth•root



Pronunciation: (bûrth'rOOt", -root"), [key]
—n.
1. Also called birthwort, purple trillium. a trillium, Trillium erectum, the roots of which were formerly used in medicine as an astringent.
2. any of certain other species of trillium.

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