| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| |
| alumroot |
| |
| SYLLABICATION: | al·um·root |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   l  m-r t , -r t |
| NOUN: | 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. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From the use of its root as an astringent.
| | |
| |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
|
|
