"bitterroot" meaning in English

See bitterroot in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: bitter-root [alternative], bitter root [alternative]
Etymology: From bitter + root. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bitter|root}} bitter + root Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} bitterroot (not comparable)
  1. (usually used attributively) Having bitter roots. Tags: attributive, not-comparable, usually Categories (lifeform): Caryophyllales order plants, Dogbane family plants, Flowers, Gentian family plants Derived forms: bitterroot buckwheat, bitterroot milkvetch, bitter root draba
    Sense id: en-bitterroot-en-adj-YSSi4Lel Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 57 11 14 18 Disambiguation of Dogbane family plants: 47 8 27 18 Disambiguation of Flowers: 53 16 13 17 Disambiguation of Gentian family plants: 39 8 12 41 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Assiniboine translations, Terms with Blackfoot translations, Terms with Cheyenne translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Montana Salish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 11 13 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 47 9 22 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 57 11 14 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 11 13 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Assiniboine translations: 56 10 16 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Blackfoot translations: 52 10 16 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Cheyenne translations: 49 10 18 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 54 11 15 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 50 10 17 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 51 10 16 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Montana Salish translations: 54 10 15 21

Noun

Forms: bitterroots [plural], bitter-root [alternative], bitter root [alternative]
Etymology: From bitter + root. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bitter|root}} bitter + root Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bitterroot (countable and uncountable, plural bitterroots)
  1. Lewisia rediviva, a small, low, pink flower with a yellow center. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (Lewisia rediviva): Oregon bitterroot Translations (Lewisia rediviva): šųkpétawoda (Assiniboine), sųkpé tawóda (Assiniboine), šųkpétahuda (Assiniboine), šųkpétahudA (Assiniboine), áíksikksiksi (Blackfoot), mo'ôtáa-heséeo'ôtse (Cheyenne), 苦根 (Chinese Mandarin), bitterkruid [neuter] (Dutch), Bitterwurz [feminine] (German), Bitterwurzel [feminine] (German), naqam¢u (Kutenai), sṕéƛ̓m (Montana Salish)
    Sense id: en-bitterroot-en-noun-mr8r-qi1 Disambiguation of 'Lewisia rediviva': 85 6 9 Disambiguation of 'Lewisia rediviva': 85 6 9
  2. Apocynum androsaemifolium (fly-trap dogbane). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Gentian family plants
    Sense id: en-bitterroot-en-noun-oYKXjCZl Disambiguation of Gentian family plants: 39 8 12 41
  3. Gentiana lutea (great yellow gentian, bitterwort) Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Gentian family plants
    Sense id: en-bitterroot-en-noun-t0bnoin6 Disambiguation of Gentian family plants: 39 8 12 41

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bitter",
        "3": "root"
      },
      "expansion": "bitter + root",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From bitter + root.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bitterroots",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitter-root",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitter root",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "bitterroot (countable and uncountable, plural bitterroots)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Lewisia rediviva, a small, low, pink flower with a yellow center."
      ],
      "id": "en-bitterroot-en-noun-mr8r-qi1",
      "links": [
        [
          "flower",
          "flower"
        ],
        [
          "center",
          "center"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 9",
          "sense": "Lewisia rediviva",
          "word": "Oregon bitterroot"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 9",
          "code": "asb",
          "lang": "Assiniboine",
          "sense": "Lewisia rediviva",
          "word": "šųkpétawoda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 9",
          "code": "asb",
          "lang": "Assiniboine",
          "sense": "Lewisia rediviva",
          "word": "sųkpé tawóda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 9",
          "code": "asb",
          "lang": "Assiniboine",
          "sense": "Lewisia rediviva",
          "word": "šųkpétahuda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 9",
          "code": "asb",
          "lang": "Assiniboine",
          "sense": "Lewisia rediviva",
          "word": "šųkpétahudA"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 9",
          "code": "bla",
          "lang": "Blackfoot",
          "sense": "Lewisia rediviva",
          "word": "áíksikksiksi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 9",
          "code": "chy",
          "lang": "Cheyenne",
          "sense": "Lewisia rediviva",
          "word": "mo'ôtáa-heséeo'ôtse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 9",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "Lewisia rediviva",
          "word": "苦根"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 9",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Lewisia rediviva",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "bitterkruid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 9",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Lewisia rediviva",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Bitterwurz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 9",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Lewisia rediviva",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Bitterwurzel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 9",
          "code": "kut",
          "lang": "Kutenai",
          "sense": "Lewisia rediviva",
          "word": "naqam¢u"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 6 9",
          "code": "fla",
          "lang": "Montana Salish",
          "sense": "Lewisia rediviva",
          "word": "sṕéƛ̓m"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 8 12 41",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Gentian family plants",
          "orig": "en:Gentian family plants",
          "parents": [
            "Gentianales order plants",
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Apocynum androsaemifolium (fly-trap dogbane)."
      ],
      "id": "en-bitterroot-en-noun-oYKXjCZl",
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 8 12 41",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Gentian family plants",
          "orig": "en:Gentian family plants",
          "parents": [
            "Gentianales order plants",
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Gentiana lutea (great yellow gentian, bitterwort)"
      ],
      "id": "en-bitterroot-en-noun-t0bnoin6",
      "links": [
        [
          "Gentiana lutea",
          "Gentiana lutea#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "bitterwort",
          "bitterwort"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bitterroot"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bitter",
        "3": "root"
      },
      "expansion": "bitter + root",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From bitter + root.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bitter-root",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitter root",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "bitterroot (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "58 11 13 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 9 22 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 11 14 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 11 13 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 10 16 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Assiniboine translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 10 16 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Blackfoot translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 10 18 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Cheyenne translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 11 15 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 10 17 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 10 16 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 10 15 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Montana Salish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 11 14 18",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Caryophyllales order plants",
          "orig": "en:Caryophyllales order plants",
          "parents": [
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 8 27 18",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Dogbane family plants",
          "orig": "en:Dogbane family plants",
          "parents": [
            "Gentianales order plants",
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 16 13 17",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Flowers",
          "orig": "en:Flowers",
          "parents": [
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 8 12 41",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Gentian family plants",
          "orig": "en:Gentian family plants",
          "parents": [
            "Gentianales order plants",
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "bitterroot buckwheat"
        },
        {
          "word": "bitterroot milkvetch"
        },
        {
          "word": "bitter root draba"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having bitter roots."
      ],
      "id": "en-bitterroot-en-adj-YSSi4Lel",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually used attributively) Having bitter roots."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "not-comparable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bitterroot"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Assiniboine translations",
    "Terms with Blackfoot translations",
    "Terms with Cheyenne translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Montana Salish translations",
    "en:Caryophyllales order plants",
    "en:Dogbane family plants",
    "en:Flowers",
    "en:Gentian family plants"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bitter",
        "3": "root"
      },
      "expansion": "bitter + root",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From bitter + root.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bitterroots",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitter-root",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitter root",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "bitterroot (countable and uncountable, plural bitterroots)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lewisia rediviva, a small, low, pink flower with a yellow center."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flower",
          "flower"
        ],
        [
          "center",
          "center"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Apocynum androsaemifolium (fly-trap dogbane)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Gentiana lutea (great yellow gentian, bitterwort)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Gentiana lutea",
          "Gentiana lutea#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "bitterwort",
          "bitterwort"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "Lewisia rediviva",
      "word": "Oregon bitterroot"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "asb",
      "lang": "Assiniboine",
      "sense": "Lewisia rediviva",
      "word": "šųkpétawoda"
    },
    {
      "code": "asb",
      "lang": "Assiniboine",
      "sense": "Lewisia rediviva",
      "word": "sųkpé tawóda"
    },
    {
      "code": "asb",
      "lang": "Assiniboine",
      "sense": "Lewisia rediviva",
      "word": "šųkpétahuda"
    },
    {
      "code": "asb",
      "lang": "Assiniboine",
      "sense": "Lewisia rediviva",
      "word": "šųkpétahudA"
    },
    {
      "code": "bla",
      "lang": "Blackfoot",
      "sense": "Lewisia rediviva",
      "word": "áíksikksiksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "chy",
      "lang": "Cheyenne",
      "sense": "Lewisia rediviva",
      "word": "mo'ôtáa-heséeo'ôtse"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Lewisia rediviva",
      "word": "苦根"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Lewisia rediviva",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bitterkruid"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Lewisia rediviva",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bitterwurz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Lewisia rediviva",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bitterwurzel"
    },
    {
      "code": "kut",
      "lang": "Kutenai",
      "sense": "Lewisia rediviva",
      "word": "naqam¢u"
    },
    {
      "code": "fla",
      "lang": "Montana Salish",
      "sense": "Lewisia rediviva",
      "word": "sṕéƛ̓m"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bitterroot"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Assiniboine translations",
    "Terms with Blackfoot translations",
    "Terms with Cheyenne translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Montana Salish translations",
    "en:Caryophyllales order plants",
    "en:Dogbane family plants",
    "en:Flowers",
    "en:Gentian family plants"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bitterroot buckwheat"
    },
    {
      "word": "bitterroot milkvetch"
    },
    {
      "word": "bitter root draba"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bitter",
        "3": "root"
      },
      "expansion": "bitter + root",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From bitter + root.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bitter-root",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bitter root",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "bitterroot (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Having bitter roots."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually used attributively) Having bitter roots."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "not-comparable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bitterroot"
}

Download raw JSONL data for bitterroot meaning in English (4.5kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-04-03 using wiktextract (aeaf2a1 and fb63907). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.