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  1. yellowrootnoun

    Xanthorhiza simplicissima, syn. X. apiifolia, a North American subshrub whose roots were formerly used to produce a yellow dye.

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  1. Yellowroot

    Yellowroot is a common name for two plants native to Eastern North America. These plants contain the compound berberine, which gives the roots a yellow color, and have been employed in herbal medicine.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Yellowrootnoun

    any one of several plants with yellow roots

  2. Yellowrootnoun

    see Xanthorhiza

  3. Yellowrootnoun

    same as Orangeroot

Wikidata

  1. Yellowroot

    The Yellowroot is the only member of the genus Xanthorhiza, and one of very few genera in the family Ranunculaceae with a woody stem. It is native to the eastern United States from Maine south to northern Florida and west to Ohio and eastern Texas. It contains the alkaloid berberine, which has a number of traditional and contemporary uses for dying and medicine. The genus name as well as the common name refer to the plant's yellow roots, which was used to produce a yellow dye by Native Americans. The species name refers to the simple root. In the wild, it grows on the edges of streams in sandy soil under a canopy of dappled sunlight. In cultivation, it is often provided with more sunlight so that the fall colors are more vivid. It is a subshrub, reaching 20–70 centimetres in height, with stems up to 6 millimetres diameter. The leaves are spirally arranged, 10–18 centimetres long, each divided into 5 toothed leaflets, and flowers emerge only from the upper portion of the unbranched stem. The flowers are produced in broad panicles 6–20 centimetres long, each flower small, star-shaped, reddish brown to purple brown, with five petals.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of yellowroot in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of yellowroot in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7


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  • الجذور الصفراءArabic

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