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Inveterate :: Inveterate (a.) Firmly established by long continuance; obstinate; deep-rooted; of long standing; as, an inveterate disease; an inveterate abuse..

Pinkroot :: Pinkroot (n.) An annual South American and West Indian plant (Spigelia Anthelmia).

Galingale :: Galingale (n.) A plant of the Sedge family (Cyperus longus) having aromatic roots; also, any plant of the same genus..

Saxifragaceous :: Saxifragaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Saxifragaceae) of which saxifrage is the type. The order includes also the alum root, the hydrangeas, the mock orange, currants and gooseberries, and many other plants..

Set :: Set (v. i.) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom)..

Podophyllum :: Podophyllum (n.) The rhizome and rootlet of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum), -- used as a cathartic drug..

Watershoot :: Watershoot (n.) A sprig or shoot from the root or stock of a tree.

Azedarach :: Azedarach (n.) The bark of the roots of the azedarach, used as a cathartic and emetic..

Biliteral :: Biliteral (n.) A word, syllable, or root, consisting of two letters..

Rosewort :: Rosewort (n.) Roseroot.

Rumicin :: Rumicin (n.) A yellow crystalline substance found in the root of yellow dock (Rumex crispus) and identical with chrysophanic acid.

Helenin :: Helenin (n.) A neutral organic substance found in the root of the elecampane (Inula helenium), and extracted as a white crystalline or oily material, with a slightly bitter taste..

Cachiri :: Cachiri (n.) A fermented liquor made in Cayenne from the grated root of the manioc, and resembling perry..

Spongiolite :: Spongiole (n.) A supposed spongelike expansion of the tip of a rootlet for absorbing water; -- called also spongelet.

Eradication :: Eradication (n.) The act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.

Munjistin :: Munjistin (n.) An orange-red coloring substance resembling alizarin, found in the root of an East Indian species of madder (Rubia munjista)..

Subdiaconate :: Subderivative (n.) A word derived from a derivative, and not directly from the root; as, friendliness is a subderivative, being derived from friendly, which is in turn a derivative from friend..

Bagasse :: Bagasse (n.) Sugar cane, as it comes crushed from the mill. It is then dried and used as fuel. Also extended to the refuse of beetroot sugar..

Irrational :: Irrational (a.) Not capable of being exactly expressed by an integral number, or by a vulgar fraction; surd; -- said especially of roots. See Surd..

Curcumin :: Curcumin (n.) The coloring principle of turmeric, or curcuma root, extracted as an orange yellow crystalline substance, C14H14O4, with a green fluorescence..

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