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paintroot

paintroot noun: the plant Lachnanthes tinctoria.

Noun

paintroot (uncountable)

  1. The plant Lachnanthes tinctoria.

Forms of paintroot

alternative formpaint-root

Origin of paintroot

From paint + root.

Questions about paintroot

What does paintroot mean?
Paintroot means the plant Lachnanthes tinctoria.
What part of speech is paintroot?
Paintroot is a noun.

Words near paintroot in the dictionary

  1. paintproof
  2. paintress
  3. paintresses
  4. paintrices
  5. paintrix
  6. paintroot
  7. paints
  8. paints a rosy picture
  9. paints by numbers
  10. paints down
  11. paints oneself into a corner

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