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Definition of Balsamroot
1. Noun. A plant of the genus Balsamorhiza having downy leaves in a basal rosette and yellow flowers and long balsam-scented taproots.
Definition of Balsamroot
1. Noun. A perennial of the genus ''Balsamorhiza'' in the sunflower family, native to western North America. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Balsamroot
Literary usage of Balsamroot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Stuffing Birds, Pressing Plants, Shaping Knowledge: natural history in North by Sue Ann Prince (2003)
"... balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittate). Two specimens, collected by Lewis in
Lewis and Clark Pass, Montana, July 7,1806, and by Clark along the Columbia ..."
2. Wild Land Shrub and Arid Land Restoration Symposium: Proceedings edited by Bruce A. Roundy, E. Durant McArthur, Jennifer S. Hayley, David K. Mann (1996)
"... silky lupine, and arrowleaf balsamroot (Balsamo- rhiza sagittata). As plantings
attain maturity, interplant additional segments until entire study areas ..."
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