roseroot

English

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

  • rose root

Etymology

From rose +‎ root.

Noun

roseroot (usually uncountable, plural roseroots)

  1. 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, published 2021, page 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.

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