A plant with a dark root or root system; possibly a folk name for certain medicinal or edible plants with dark roots.
From black (color or characteristic) + root (the underground part of a plant). Folk plant nomenclature based on observable features.
Plants named for their roots suggest people's intimate knowledge of soil — they had to dig to harvest, so root color and shape were as familiar as leaf patterns, embedding botany in everyday language.
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