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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A perennial of the genus Balsamorhiza in the sunflower family, native to western North America.
2. 2
   a plant of the genus Balsamorhiza having downy leaves in a basal rosette and yellow flowers and long balsam-scented taproots wordnet

Etymology

From balsam + root.

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