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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A popular name of several umbelliferous plants.
  • noun In North America, the species of Osmorrhiza.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) Any one of several umbelliferous plants, of the genera Myrrhis, Osmorrhiza, etc.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Myrrhis odorata, a plant in the genus Myrrhis, in the family Apiaceae.
  • noun sweetroot, any of several plants in the genus Osmorhiza

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