roseroot
nounEtymology From rose + root.
1
Usually Any of species Rhodiola rosea of perennial crassulaceous plants with many claimed health benefits, that grows in cold regions.
- All along the highest parts of the ravine there are outcrops of rose root, stumpy-leaved and topped with the first showing of distinctive flat golden flowers.2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 85:
- Synonyms
- golden root, rose root, Aaron's rod, arctic root, king's crown, lignum rhodium, orpin rose