1. a North American plant with small white flowers and a pink root, used medicinally
Usage: botanical; medicinal

Examples

• The herbalist recommended pinkroot as a traditional remedy.
• Pinkroot grows naturally in the southeastern United States.
• The plant’s distinctive pink root gives pinkroot its common name.
• Native Americans used pinkroot for various medicinal purposes.
• Pinkroot produces small, tubular white flowers in summer.
• The botanical name for pinkroot is Spigelia marilandica.