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Bitterroot Range

Bitterroot Range proper noun: a mountain range, a subrange of the Rocky Mountains, that runs along the border of Montana and Idaho in the northwestern United States.

bitterroot range: a mountain range, a subrange of the Rocky Mountains, that runs along the border of Montana and...
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Proper noun

the Bitterroot Range

  1. A mountain range, a subrange of the Rocky Mountains, that runs along the border of Montana and Idaho in the northwestern United States.

Origin of Bitterroot Range

Named after the bitterroot (Lewisia rediviva), the state flower of Montana.

Questions about Bitterroot Range

What does Bitterroot Range mean?
Bitterroot Range means a mountain range, a subrange of the Rocky Mountains, that runs along the border of Montana and Idaho in the northwestern United States.
What part of speech is Bitterroot Range?
Bitterroot Range is a proper noun.

Words near Bitterroot Range in the dictionary

  1. bitterns
  2. bitternut
  3. bitternuts
  4. bitterroot
  5. Bitterroot Mountains
  6. Bitterroot Range
  7. bitterroots
  8. bitters
  9. bittersharp
  10. bittersome
  11. bittersweet

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