Definition of root

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Root (n.) The cause or occasion by which anything is brought about; the source.

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Confection :: Confection (n.) A preparation of fruits or roots, etc., with sugar; a sweetmeat..
Sugar :: Sugar (n.) A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline substance, of a sandy or granular consistency, obtained by crystallizing the evaporated juice of certain plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum, beet root, sugar maple, etc. It is used for seasoning and preserving many kinds of food and drink. Ordinary sugar is essentially sucrose. See the Note below..
Inracinate :: Inracinate (v. t.) To enroot or implant.
Titter :: Titter (v. t.) To laugh with the tongue striking against the root of the upper teeth; to laugh with restraint, or without much noise; to giggle..
Stolon :: Stolon (n.) A trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end or at the joints; a stole.
Extirpator :: Extirpator (n.) One who extirpates or roots out; a destroyer.
Sanguinaria :: Sanguinaria (n.) The rootstock of the bloodroot, used in medicine as an emetic, etc..
Choy Root :: Choy root () See Chay root.
Colchicum :: Colchicum (n.) A genus of bulbous-rooted plants found in many parts of Europe, including the meadow saffron..
Galvanotropism :: Galvanotropism (n.) The tendency of a root to place its axis in the line of a galvanic current.
Vetiver :: Vetiver (n.) An East Indian grass (Andropogon muricatus); also, its fragrant roots which are much used for making mats and screens. Also called kuskus, and khuskhus..
Earthnut :: Earthnut (n.) A name given to various roots, tubers, or pods grown under or on the ground.
Stigmata :: Stigmaria (n.) The fossil root stem of a coal plant of the genus Sigillaria.
Etymologize :: Etymologize (v. t.) To give the etymology of; to trace to the root or primitive, as a word..
Radicality :: Radicality (n.) Radicalness; relation to a root in essential nature or principle.
Subtropical :: Subtriplicate (a.) Expressed by the cube root; -- said especially of ratios.
Formative :: Formative (n.) A word formed in accordance with some rule or usage, as from a root..
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..
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..
Onion :: Onion (n.) A liliaceous plant of the genus Allium (A. cepa), having a strong-flavored bulb and long hollow leaves; also, its bulbous root, much used as an article of food. The name is often extended to other species of the genus..
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