pinkroot
English
Etymology
Noun
pinkroot (usually uncountable, plural pinkroots)
- A perennial North American herb (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 780: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.), sometimes cultivated for its showy red blossoms.
- An annual South American and West Indian plant (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 780: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.).
- The root of Spigelia marilandica or Spigelia anthelmia, used as a powerful vermifuge.
Synonyms
- (Spigelia marilandica): Carolina pink, Maryland pinkroot, wormgrass
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “pinkroot”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)