Associations to the word «Fingerroot»

Adjective

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Wiktionary

FINGERROOT, noun. A plant related to ginger, Boesenbergia rotunda, with finger-like roots used as a spice.

Dictionary definition

FINGERROOT, noun. Tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock.

Wise words

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