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1. (n.) squawroot
a fleshy, leafless plant, Conopholis americana, of the broomrape family, native to E North America, parasitic on oak and hemlock roots.
Etymology: (1805–15,
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1. (noun) blue cohosh, blueberry root, papooseroot, papoose root, squawroot, squaw root, Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides
tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally
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1. (noun) squawroot
a scaly parasitic plant (Conopholis Americana) found in oak woods in the United States; -- called also cancer root
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