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Rhodiola rosea

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Rhodiola rosea

Alternative forms

• rose root

Etymology

From rose +‎ root.

Noun

roseroot (usually uncountable, plural roseroots)

1. Rhodiola rosea, a perennial crassulaceous plant with many claimed health benefits that grows in cold regions.
   • 2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 85:

     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.

Synonyms

• (Rhodiola rosea) golden root, rose root, Aaron's rod, arctic root, king's crown, lignum rhodium, orpin rose