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Enroot :: Enroot (v. t.) To fix by the root; to fix fast; to implant deep.

Pinedrops :: Pinedrops (n.) A reddish herb (Pterospora andromedea) of the United States, found parasitic on the roots of pine trees..

Dock :: Dock (n.) A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination..

Cement :: Cement (n.) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; -- called also cementum.

Spindletail :: Spindle-shaped (a.) Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots..

Formative :: Formative (n.) A word formed in accordance with some rule or usage, as from a root..

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..

Bloodwort :: Bloodwort (n.) A plant, Rumex sanguineus, or bloody-veined dock. The name is applied also to bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis), and to an extensive order of plants (Haemodoraceae), the roots of many species of which contain a red coloring matter useful in dyeing..

Stringy :: Stringy (a.) Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root..

Servile :: Servile (n.) An element which forms no part of the original root; -- opposed to radical.

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..

Rooter :: Rooter (n.) One who, or that which, roots; one that tears up by the roots..

Evulsion :: Evulsion (n.) The act of plucking out; a rooting out.

Rhizogen :: Rhizogen (n.) One of a proposed class of flowering plants growning on the roots of other plants and destitute of green foliage.

Turnip :: Turnip (v. t.) The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also, the plant itself..

Bitterroot :: Bitterroot (n.) A plant (Lewisia rediviva) allied to the purslane, but with fleshy, farinaceous roots, growing in the mountains of Idaho, Montana, etc. It gives the name to the Bitter Root mountains and river. The Indians call both the plant and the river Spaet'lum..

Breadroot :: Breadroot (n.) The root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta), found near the Rocky Mountains. It is usually oval in form, and abounds in farinaceous matter, affording sweet and palatable food..

Pinkroot :: Pinkroot (n.) The root of Spigelia Marilandica, used as a powerful vermifuge; also, that of S. Anthelmia. See definition 2 (below)..

Pellitory :: Pellitory (n.) A composite plant (Anacyclus Pyrethrum) of the Mediterranean region, having finely divided leaves and whitish flowers. The root is the officinal pellitory, and is used as an irritant and sialogogue. Called also bertram, and pellitory of Spain..

Gelsemium :: Gelsemium (n.) The root of the yellow jasmine, used in malarial fevers, etc..

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