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Radiciform :: Radiciform (a.) Having the nature or appearance of a radix or root.

Neck :: Neck (n.) the point where the base of the stem of a plant arises from the root.

Whip-shaped :: Whip-shaped (a.) Shaped like the lash of a whip; long, slender, round, and tapering; as, a whip-shaped root or stem..

Cohosh :: Cohosh (n.) A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), whose rootstock is used in medicine; -- also called pappoose root. The name is sometimes also given to the Cimicifuga racemosa, and to two species of Actaea, plants of the Crowfoot family..

Onocerin :: Onocerin (n.) A white crystalline waxy substance extracted from the root of the leguminous plant Ononis spinosa.

Rooting :: Rooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Roo.

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

Polygala :: Polygala (n.) A genus of bitter herbs or shrubs having eight stamens and a two-celled ovary (as the Seneca snakeroot, the flowering wintergreen, etc.); milkwort..

Inracinate :: Inracinate (v. t.) To enroot or implant.

Saponin :: Saponin (n.) A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort (Saponaria), in the bark of soap bark (Quillaia), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphous powder, which occasions a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local anaesthesia. Formerly called also struthiin, quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type..

Ambury :: Ambury (n.) A disease of the roots of turnips, etc.; -- called also fingers and toes..

Absorbent :: Absorbent (n.) The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants..

Oreoselin :: Oreoselin (n.) A white crystalline substance which is obtained indirectly from the root of an umbelliferous plant (Imperatoria Oreoselinum), and yields resorcin on decomposition..

Peat :: Peat (n.) A substance of vegetable origin, consisting of roots and fibers, moss, etc., in various stages of decomposition, and found, as a kind of turf or bog, usually in low situations, where it is always more or less saturated with water. It is often dried and used for fuel..

Berberine :: Berberine (n.) An alkaloid obtained, as a bitter, yellow substance, from the root of the barberry, gold thread, and other plants..

Coltsfoot :: Coltsfoot (n.) A perennial herb (Tussilago Farfara), whose leaves and rootstock are sometimes employed in medicine..

Holdfast :: Holdfast (n.) A conical or branching body, by which a seaweed is attached to its support, and differing from a root in that it is not specially absorbent of moisture..

Rooty :: Rooty (a.) Full of roots; as, rooty ground..

Rubian :: Rubian (n.) One of several color-producing glycosides found in madder root.

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

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