redroot
nounAn eastern North American bog plant (Lachnanthes caroliana) having red roots and woolly yellow flowers.
A coarse cosmopolitan weed (Amaranthus retroflexus) having hairy leaves and stout terminal panicles with dense lateral spikes of green flowers.
The bloodroot, Sanguinaria Canadensis.
The field-gromwell, Lithospermum arvense.
An American shrub, Ceanothus Americanus, the New Jersey tea.
