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bitterroot

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bitterroot, in botany

bitterroot: see purslane purslane, common name for some plants of the Portulaceae, a family of herbs and a few small shrubs, chiefly of the Americas. The portulacas or purslanes (genus Portulaca) include many species indigenous to the United States.
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Bitterroot, river, United States

Bitterroot, river, c.120 mi (190 km) long, rising in SW Mont. and flowing north to join the Clark Fork River near Missoula. A Roman Catholic mission was established on the river in 1841, and missionaries are credited with introducing farming in the area. The Bitterroot Valley experienced rapid population growth in the 1990s.
bitterroot
of Montana. [Flower Symbolism: Golenpaul, 636]
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Wind River Bridge Wilderness; Selway Bitterroot, Montana; North Cascades, Washington; Southeast Corner, Yellowstone, were trips I took as a relatively young man as vacations from the construction business where telephone contact was impossible (not now, however).
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