BITTERROOT
\bˈɪtɪɹˌuːt], \bˈɪtɪɹˌuːt], \b_ˈɪ_t_ɪ_ɹ_ˌuː_t]\
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showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots; the Montana state flower
By Princeton University
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showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots; the Montana state flower
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A plant (Lewisia rediviva) allied to the purslane, but with fleshy, farinaceous roots, growing in the mountains of Idaho, Montana, etc. It gives the name to the Bitter Root mountains and river. The Indians call both the plant and the river Spaet'lum.
By Oddity Software
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A plant (Lewisia rediviva) allied to the purslane, but with fleshy, farinaceous roots, growing in the mountains of Idaho, Montana, etc. It gives the name to the Bitter Root mountains and river. The Indians call both the plant and the river Spaet'lum.
By Noah Webster.
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
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