Definition of root

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Root (n.) The descending, and commonly branching, axis of a plant, increasing in length by growth at its extremity only, not divided into joints, leafless and without buds, and having for its offices to fix the plant in the earth, to supply it with moisture and soluble matters, and sometimes to serve as a reservoir of nutriment for future growth. A true root, however, may never reach the ground, but may be attached to a wall, etc., as in the ivy, or may hang loosely in the air, as in some epiphy

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Rhizophagous :: Rhizophagous (a.) Feeding on roots; root-eating.
Trimethylamine :: Trimethylamine (n.) A colorless volatile alkaline liquid, N.(CH3)3, obtained from herring brine, beet roots, etc., with a characteristic herringlike odor. It is regarded as a substituted ammonia containing three methyl groups..
Rutty :: Rutty (a.) Rooty.
Haustorium :: Haustorium (n.) One of the suckerlike rootlets of such plants as the dodder and ivy.
Rhizocephala :: Rhizocephala (n. pl.) A division of Pectostraca including saclike parasites of Crustacea. They adhere by rootlike extensions of the head. See Illusration in Appendix.
Valerianic :: Valerianic (a.) Performance to, or obtained from, valerian root; specifically, designating an acid which is usually called valeric acid..
Pinkroot :: Pinkroot (n.) An annual South American and West Indian plant (Spigelia Anthelmia).
Xanthorhiza :: Xanthorhiza (n.) A genus of shrubby ranunculaceous plants of North America, including only the species Xanthorhiza apiifolia, which has roots of a deep yellow color; yellowroot. The bark is intensely bitter, and is sometimes used as a tonic..
Cheroot :: Cheroot (n.) A kind of cigar, originally brought from Mania, in the Philippine Islands; now often made of inferior or adulterated tobacco..
Chay Root :: Chay root () The root of the Oldenlandia umbellata, native in India, which yieds a durable red dyestuff..
Taro :: Taro (n.) A name for several aroid plants (Colocasia antiquorum, var. esculenta, Colocasia macrorhiza, etc.), and their rootstocks. They have large ovate-sagittate leaves and large fleshy rootstocks, which are cooked and used for food in tropical countries..
Bed :: Bed (v. t.) To plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover, as in a bed of soft earth; as, to bed the roots of a plant in mold..
Suffix :: Suffix (n.) A letter, letters, syllable, or syllables added or appended to the end of a word or a root to modify the meaning; a postfix..
Radicel :: Radicel (n.) A small branch of a root; a rootlet.
Eradication :: Eradication (n.) The state of being plucked up by the roots.
Stringy :: Stringy (a.) Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root..
Enrace :: Enrace (v. t.) To enroot; to implant.
Agglutination :: Agglutination (n.) Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See Agglutinative, 2..
Chicory :: Chicory (n.) A branching perennial plant (Cichorium Intybus) with bright blue flowers, growing wild in Europe, Asia, and America; also cultivated for its roots and as a salad plant; succory; wild endive. See Endive..
Beer :: Beer (n.) A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc..
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