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Noun: tinker's root
  1. Coarse weedy American perennial herb with large usually perfoliate leaves and purple or dull red flowers
    "tinker's root was once believed to cure fevers";
    - feverroot, horse gentian, wild coffee, Triosteum perfoliatum

Derived forms: tinker's roots

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant

Part of: genus Triostium, Triosteum

Encyclopedia: Tinker's root