roseroot
English
Alternative forms
- rose root
Noun
roseroot (usually uncountable, plural roseroots)
- Rhodiola rosea, a perennial crassulaceous plant with many claimed health benefits that grows in cold regions.
- 2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books 2021, p. 85:
- All along the highest parts of the ravine there are outcrops of rose root, stumpy-leaved and topped with the first showing of distinctive flat golden flowers.
- 2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books 2021, p. 85:
Synonyms
- (Rhodiola rosea) golden root, rose root, Aaron's rod, arctic root, king's crown, lignum rhodium, orpin rose
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