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English
Etymology
black + root
Noun
blackroot (countable and uncountable, plural blackroots)
- Several North American plants with black roots of:
- genus Pterocaulon, such as Pterocaulon pycnostachyum (dense-spike blackroot) and Pterocaulon virgatum (wand blackroot)
- species Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver's root)
- species Aletris farinosa (colicroot)
- Several plant diseases caused by fungi in the genus Aphanomyces causing that cause roots to rot and turn black.