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al·um·root

(ăl′əm-ro͞ot′, -ro͝ot′)

Any of various North American perennials of the genus Heuchera having palmately lobed basal leaves and leafless stalks bearing numerous small greenish, white, or reddish flowers.

[From the use of its root as an astringent.]

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alumroot

(ˈæləmˌruːt)

1. (Plants) any of several North American plants of the saxifragaceous genus Heuchera, having small white, reddish, or green bell-shaped flowers and astringent roots

2. (Plants) the root of such a plant

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al•um•root

(ˈæl əmˌrut, -ˌrʊt)

n.

any of several North American plants belonging to the genus Heuchera, of the saxifrage family, esp. H.americana, having mottled foliage, greenish-white flowers, and an astringent root.

[1805–15, Amer.]

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alumroot - any of several herbs of the genus Heuchera

alumbloom

herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

genus Heuchera, Heuchera - genus of North American herbs with basal cordate or orbicular leaves and small panicled flowers

Heuchera americana, rock geranium - plant with basal leaves mottled with white and flowers in lax panicles on erect stems

Heuchera cylindrica, poker alumroot, poker heuchera - plant with leathery heart-shaped leaf blades clustered at base of long stalks with greenish-white flowers clustered along the upper part; western North America

coralbells, Heuchera sanguinea - perennial plant of the western United States having bright red flowers in feathery spikes; used as an ornamental

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hypomalacum), prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum), prairie alumroot (Heuchera richardsonii), and sedges, such as bristle-leaf sedge (Carex eburnea) and Rocky Mountain sedge (Carex saximontana), (Kaul et al.