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Genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers
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lewisia
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Lewisia is a plant genus , named for Meriwether Lewis who encountered the species in 1806. The native habitat of Lewisia species is north facing cliffs in the western part of North America. Local Native Americans ate the roots, which have also been used ...
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n. Any plant of the genus (taxlink Lewisia genus).
Usage examples of lewisia.
BITTER ROOT is also a common name of Gentiana lutea, or Yellow Gentian, the wellknown bitter, and of Lewisia rediviva or Spathulum, with a starchy, edible root.