Crossword-Solution: BITTERROOT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Bitterroot | n. | A plant (Lewisia rediviva) allied to the purslane, but with fleshy, farinaceous roots, growing in the mountains of Idaho, Montana, etc. It gives the name to the Bitter Root mountains and river. The Indians call both the plant and the river Spaet'lum. |
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| American herb with edible root | 1 answer |
| MONTANA State flower | 1 answer |
| Mont.'s state flower | 1 answer |
| Montana's state flower | 1 answer |
| Montana-Idaho range. | 1 answer |
| State flower of Montana | 1 answer |
| the Montana state flower | 1 answer |
| Montana river | 14 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings,
whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by
a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the
body.
Hint 2 anagram
ITOMNOE
Hint 3 another clue
A FEELING OF GREAT ELATION
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Sentences with BITTERROOT (5)
But, here or there, I shall always live In the land of mountain air Where the grizzly dwells And sage brush grows; Where mountain trout are not a few; In the land of the Bitterroot,-- The Indian land,--Land of the Golden West.
Take equal parts, say of each half an ounce, of finely powdered blue flag root, bloodroot, May apple root, golden seal root, and bitterroot.
White collected two specimens of the species _Microtus montanus_ in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana, that did not fit the description of any named subspecies.
Our examination reveals that the animals from the Bitterroot and Flathead valleys belong to an heretofore unrecognized subspecies which is named and described below.
Other Common Names--Canadian hemp, American hemp, amy-root, bowman's-root, bitterroot, Indian-physic, rheumatism-weed, milkweed, wild cotton, Choctaw-root.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT, USA TODAY.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1965–1997).