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Definition of root
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Root (n.) The time which to
reckon
in
making
calculations.
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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)..
Feverwort
::
Feverwort
(n.) See Fever root, under
Fever..
Funiliform
::
Funiliform
(a.)
Resembling
a cord in
toughness
and
flexibility,
as the roots of some
endogenous
trees..
Saponin
::
Saponin
(n.) A
poisonous
glucoside
found in many
plants,
as in the root of
soapwort
(Saponaria),
in the bark of soap bark
(Quillaia),
etc. It is
extracted
as a white
amorphous
powder,
which
occasions
a soapy
lather
in
solution,
and
produces
a local
anaesthesia.
Formerly
called
also
struthiin,
quillaiin,
senegin,
polygalic
acid, etc. By
extension,
any one of a group of
related
bodies
of which
saponin
proper
is the
type..
Rhizophagous
::
Rhizophagous
(a.)
Feeding
on
roots;
root-eating.
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..
Bagasse
::
Bagasse
(n.) Sugar cane, as it comes
crushed
from the mill. It is then dried and used as fuel. Also
extended
to the
refuse
of
beetroot
sugar..
Exterminate
::
Exterminate
(v. t.) To
destroy
utterly;
to cut off; to
extirpate;
to
annihilate;
to root out; as, to
exterminate
a
colony,
a
tribe,
or a
nation;
to
exterminate
error or
vice..
Saxifragaceous
::
Saxifragaceous
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to a
natural
order of
plants
(Saxifragaceae)
of which
saxifrage
is the type. The order
includes
also the alum root, the
hydrangeas,
the mock
orange,
currants
and
gooseberries,
and many other
plants..
Tuber
::
Tuber (n.) A
fleshy,
rounded
stem or root,
usually
containing
starchy
matter,
as the
potato
or
arrowroot;
a
thickened
root-stock.
See
Illust.
of
Tuberous..
Mull
::
Mull (n.) An
inferior
kind of
madder
prepared
from the
smaller
roots or the
peelings
and
refuse
of the
larger.
Blight
::
Blight
(n.) A downy
species
of
aphis,
or plant
louse,
destructive
to fruit
trees,
infesting
both the roots and
branches;
-- also
applied
to
several
other
injurious
insects..
Rhubarb
::
Rhubarb
(n.) The root of
several
species
of
Rheum,
used much as a
cathartic
medicine..
Caudex
::
Caudex
(n.) The stem of a
tree.,
esp. a stem
without
a
branch,
as of a palm or a tree fern; also, the
perennial
rootstock
of an
herbaceous
plant..
Hare''s-foot Fern
::
Hare's-foot
fern () A
species
of fern
(Davallia
Canariensis)
with a soft, gray, hairy
rootstock;
--
whence
the
name..
Wrote
::
Wrote (v. i.) To root with the
snout.
See 1st Root.
Puttyroot
::
Puttyroot
(n.) An
American
orchidaceous
plant
(Aplectrum
hyemale)
which
flowers
in early
summer.
Its
slender
naked
rootstock
produces
each year a solid corm,
filled
with
exceedingly
glutinous
matter,
which sends up later a
single
large oval
evergreen
plaited
leaf.
Called
also
Adam-and-Eve..
Gladiolus
::
Gladiolus
(n.) A genus of
plants
having
bulbous
roots and
gladiate
leaves,
and
including
many
species,
some of which are
cultivated
and
valued
for the
beauty
of their
flowers;
the corn flag; the sword
lily..
Triliteralness
::
Triliteralness
(n.) The
quality
of being
triliteral;
as, the
triliterality
of
Hebrew
roots..
Mechoacan
::
Mechoacan
(n.) A
species
of
jalap,
of very
feeble
properties,
said to be
obtained
from the root of a
species
of
Convolvulus
(C.
Mechoacan);
-- so
called
from
Michoacan,
in
Mexico,
whence
it is
obtained..
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