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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

red•root n.

Plant Biologya North American plant, Lachnanthes caroliniana (or L. tinctoria), having sword-shaped leaves, woolly, yellowish flowers, and a red root.
Plant Biologyany of various other plants having red roots, as the alkanet, Alkanna tinctoria, pigweed, Amaranthus retroflexus, and New Jersey tea, Ceanothus americanus.

red¹ + root¹ 1700–10, American.

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