hydrastis canadensis

What does hydrastis canadensis mean?

hydrastis canadensis means "perennial herb of northeastern United States having a thick knotted yellow rootstock and large rounded leaves".

What is another word for hydrastis canadensis?

Close synonyms include goldenseal, golden seal, yellow root, turmeric root. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hydrastis canadensis a common word?

hydrastis canadensis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for hydrastis canadensis come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.