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 squaw·root /ˈskwɔˌrut, ˌrʊt/

 Squaw·root n. Bot. A scaly parasitic plant (Conopholis Americana) found in oak woods in the United States; -- called also cancer root.
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 squawroot
      n : tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue
          berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly
          used medicinally [syn: blue cohosh, blueberry root, papooseroot,
           papoose root, squaw root, Caulophyllum
          thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides]