Definition of root

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Root (n.) An edible or esculent root, especially of such plants as produce a single root, as the beet, carrot, etc.; as, the root crop..

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Sumless :: Sumbul (n.) The musky root of an Asiatic umbelliferous plant, Ferula Sumbul. It is used in medicine as a stimulant..
String :: String (n.) A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root..
Exegesis :: Exegesis (n.) The process of finding the roots of an equation.
Corm :: Corm (n.) A solid bulb-shaped root, as of the crocus. See Bulb..
Cachiri :: Cachiri (n.) A fermented liquor made in Cayenne from the grated root of the manioc, and resembling perry..
Root :: Root (v. t.) To turn up or to dig out with the snout; as, the swine roots the earth..
Deraination :: Deraination (n.) The act of pulling up by the roots; eradication.
Unroot :: Unroot (v. t.) To tear up by the roots; to eradicate; to uproot.
Root :: Root (n.) An ancestor or progenitor; and hence, an early race; a stem..
Yellowroot :: Yellowroot (n.) Any one of several plants with yellow roots.
Sassafras :: Sassafras (n.) An American tree of the Laurel family (Sassafras officinale); also, the bark of the roots, which has an aromatic smell and taste..
Multicipital :: Multicipital (a.) Having many heads or many stems from one crown or root.
Radicate :: Radicate (v. i.) To take root; to become rooted.
Inversion :: Inversion (n.) Said of a chord, when one of its notes, other than its root, is made the bass..
Mean :: Mean (n.) A quantity having an intermediate value between several others, from which it is derived, and of which it expresses the resultant value; usually, unless otherwise specified, it is the simple average, formed by adding the quantities together and dividing by their number, which is called an arithmetical mean. A geometrical mean is the square root of the product of the quantities..
Stand :: Stand (v. i.) A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree..
Swarded :: Sward (n.) The grassy surface of land; that part of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass; turf.
Poke :: Poke (n.) A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and pokeweed. The root and berries have emetic and purgative properties, and are used in medicine. The young shoots are sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus, and the berries are said to be used in Europe to color wine..
Lion''s Leaf :: Lion's leaf () A South European plant of the genus Leontice (L. leontopetalum), the tuberous roots of which contain so much alkali that they are sometimes used as a substitute for soap..
Morindin :: Morindin (n.) A yellow dyestuff extracted from the root bark of an East Indian plant (Morinda citrifolia).
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