Tinker's Root (Noun)
Meaning
Coarse weedy American perennial herb with large usually perfoliate leaves and purple or dull red flowers.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The tinker's root spread rapidly throughout the garden, its purple flowers blooming in every corner.
- The botanical garden featured a special exhibit on the tinker's root, highlighting its unique perfoliate leaves.
- Herbalists prize tinker's root for its medicinal properties, using it to treat a variety of ailments.
- In the wild, tinker's root often grows in disturbed areas, such as along roadsides and in abandoned lots.
- The gardener carefully extracted the tinker's root from the soil, taking care not to damage its roots.