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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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..
Strop :: Stroot (v. i.) To swell out; to strut.
Ineradicable :: Ineradicable (a.) Incapable of being /radicated or rooted out.
Yellowroot :: Yellowroot (n.) Any one of several plants with yellow roots.
Arrhizous :: Arrhizous (a.) Destitute of a true root, as a parasitical plant..
Rhizoid :: Rhizoid (n.) A rootlike appendage.
Ipecacuanha :: Ipecacuanha (n.) The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb (Cephaelis Ipecacuanha), largely employed as an emetic; also, the plant itself; also, a medicinal extract of the root. Many other plants are used as a substitutes; among them are the black or Peruvian ipecac (Psychotria emetica), the white ipecac (Ionidium Ipecacuanha), the bastard or wild ipecac (Asclepias Curassavica), and the undulated ipecac (Richardsonia scabra)..
Organ :: Organ (n.) A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants..
Berberine :: Berberine (n.) An alkaloid obtained, as a bitter, yellow substance, from the root of the barberry, gold thread, and other plants..
Disroot :: Disroot (v. t.) To tear up the roots of, or by the roots; hence, to tear from a foundation; to uproot..
Rampion :: Rampion (n.) A plant (Campanula Rapunculus) of the Bellflower family, with a tuberous esculent root; -- also called ramps..
Pinesap :: Pinesap (n.) A reddish fleshy herb of the genus Monotropa (M. hypopitys), formerly thought to be parasitic on the roots of pine trees, but more probably saprophytic..
Trinomial :: Trinomial (a.) Consisting of three terms; of or pertaining to trinomials; as, a trinomial root..
Moschatel :: Moschatel (n.) A plant of the genus Adoxa (A. moschatellina), the flowers of which are pale green, and have a faint musky smell. It is found in woods in all parts of Europe, and is called also hollow root and musk crowfoot..
Root :: Root (n.) The time which to reckon in making calculations.
Agglutination :: Agglutination (n.) Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See Agglutinative, 2..
Inextirpable :: Inextirpable (a.) Not capable of being extirpated or rooted out; ineradicable.
Shrub :: Shrub (n.) A woody plant of less size than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same root..
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..
Sarsaparilla :: Sarsaparilla (n.) The bitter mucilaginous roots of such plants, used in medicine and in sirups for soda, etc..
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