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n. - Showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots.

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  • Not that there was much to cook anymore but bitterroot.
  • Yes | No | Report from bitterroot wrote 21 weeks 1 day ago
  • To Mz Em: I don't know if those bitterroot flowers are as small as they look.
  • I had not had anything but bad bitterroot for the past several days -- and not nearly enough of that.
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