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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Rhizomatous :: Rhizomatous (a.) Having the nature or habit of a rhizome or rootstock.
Arace :: Arace (v. t.) To tear up by the roots; to draw away.
Biennial :: Biennial (a.) Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants which form roots and leaves the first year, and produce fruit the second..
Inveteracy :: Inveteracy (n.) Firm establishment by long continuance; firmness or deep-rooted obstinacy of any quality or state acquired by time; as, the inveteracy of custom, habit, or disease; -- usually in a bad sense; as, the inveteracy of prejudice or of error..
Rhizome :: Rhizome (n.) A rootstock. See Rootstock.
Detach :: Detach (v. t.) To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or from a party..
Radicated :: Radicated (a.) Roote.
Evolution :: Evolution (n.) The extraction of roots; -- the reverse of involution.
Redroot :: Redroot (n.) A name of several plants having red roots, as the New Jersey tea (see under Tea), the gromwell, the bloodroot, and the Lachnanthes tinctoria, an endogenous plant found in sandy swamps from Rhode Island to Florida..
Metaplast :: Metaplast (n.) A word having more than one form of the root.
Colchicum :: Colchicum (n.) A genus of bulbous-rooted plants found in many parts of Europe, including the meadow saffron..
Rubian :: Rubian (n.) One of several color-producing glycosides found in madder root.
Macaronic :: Macaronic (n.) A kind of burlesque composition, in which the vernacular words of one or more modern languages are intermixed with genuine Latin words, and with hybrid formed by adding Latin terminations to other roots..
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..
Mull :: Mull (n.) An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.
Fibrous :: Fibrous (a.) Containing, or consisting of, fibers; as, the fibrous coat of the cocoanut; the fibrous roots of grasses..
Rhizophagous :: Rhizophagous (a.) Feeding on roots; root-eating.
Fascicle :: Fascicle (n.) A small bundle or collection; a compact cluster; as, a fascicle of fibers; a fascicle of flowers or roots..
Rubiretin :: Rubiretin (n.) One of the red dye products extracted from madder root, and probably identical with ruberythrinic acid..
Pinkroot :: Pinkroot (n.) The root of Spigelia Marilandica, used as a powerful vermifuge; also, that of S. Anthelmia. See definition 2 (below)..
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