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bitterroot

/bit-er-root, -root/US // ˈbɪt ərˌrut, -ˌrʊt //

苦根,苦菜根,苦味根,苦菜

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a plant, Lewisia rediviva, of the purslane family, having pink flowers and fleshy roots that are edible when young: the state flower of Montana.

Examples

  • Bitterroot was dug on prairie hills, wild potatoes were found in the foothills, and the wild onion grew in the valley floors.

  • I have examined a number of mice from the Bitterroot Valley in western Montana and the color value for 12 adults is 2.7.

  • The average of all the specimens from the Bitterroot Valley is a little nearer oribasus.

  • This took place in the Bitterroot Mountains in Idaho, in 1902.