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-art :: -art () The termination of many English words; as, coward, reynard, drunkard, mostly from the French, in which language this ending is of German origin, being orig. the same word as English hard. It usually has the sense of one who has to a high or excessive degree the quality expressed by the root; as, braggart, sluggard..

Feverwort :: Feverwort (n.) See Fever root, under Fever..

Swarded :: Sward (n.) The grassy surface of land; that part of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass; turf.

Yellowroot :: Yellowroot (n.) Same as Orangeroot.

Enroot :: Enroot (v. t.) To fix by the root; to fix fast; to implant deep.

Violine :: Violine (n.) A pale yellow amorphous substance of alkaloidal nature and emetic properties, said to have been extracted from the root and foliage of the violet (Viola)..

Spur :: Spur (n.) One of the large or principal roots of a tree.

Sarmentose :: Sarmentose (a.) Long and filiform, and almost naked, or having only leaves at the joints where it strikes root; as, a sarmentose stem..

Iris :: Iris (n.) A genus of plants having showy flowers and bulbous or tuberous roots, of which the flower-de-luce (fleur-de-lis), orris, and other species of flag are examples. See Illust. of Flower-de-luce..

Scitamineous :: Scitamineous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Scitamineae), mostly tropical herbs, including the ginger, Indian shot, banana, and the plants producing turmeric and arrowroot..

Rhizoid :: Rhizoid (n.) A rootlike appendage.

Root :: Root (v. i.) Hence, to seek for favor or advancement by low arts or groveling servility; to fawn servilely..

Polyrhizous :: Polyrhizous (a.) Having numerous roots, or rootlets..

Radicated :: Radicated (a.) Having rootlike organs for attachment.

Etymologize :: Etymologize (v. t.) To give the etymology of; to trace to the root or primitive, as a word..

Arrhizous :: Arrhizous (a.) Destitute of a true root, as a parasitical plant..

Diageotropism :: Diageotropism (n.) The tendency of organs (as roots) of plants to assume a position oblique or transverse to a direction towards the center of the earth.

Growth :: Growth (n.) The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance. Idle weeds are fast in growth..

Radicate :: Radicate (v. t.) To cause to take root; to plant deeply and firmly; to root.

Root :: Root (n.) The lowest place, position, or part..

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