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Rhizine :: Rhizine (n.) A rootlike filament or hair growing from the stems of mosses or on lichens; a rhizoid.

Galvanotropism :: Galvanotropism (n.) The tendency of a root to place its axis in the line of a galvanic current.

Rout :: Rout (v. i.) To search or root in the ground, as a swine..

Adventitious :: Adventitious (a.) Out of the proper or usual place; as, adventitious buds or roots..

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..

Scape :: Scape (n.) A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like..

Parillin :: Parillin (n.) A glucoside resembling saponin, found in the root of sarsaparilla, smilax, etc., and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance; -- called also smilacin, sarsaparilla saponin, and sarsaparillin..

Deracinate :: Deracinate (v. t.) To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate.

Funiliform :: Funiliform (a.) Resembling a cord in toughness and flexibility, as the roots of some endogenous trees..

Trimethylamine :: Trimethylamine (n.) A colorless volatile alkaline liquid, N.(CH3)3, obtained from herring brine, beet roots, etc., with a characteristic herringlike odor. It is regarded as a substituted ammonia containing three methyl groups..

Stand :: Stand (n.) To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation..

Ineradicable :: Ineradicable (a.) Incapable of being /radicated or rooted out.

Radiciform :: Radiciform (a.) Having the nature or appearance of a radix or root.

Root :: Root (n.) A primitive form of speech; one of the earliest terms employed in language; a word from which other words are formed; a radix, or radical..

Stump :: Stump (n.) The part of a limb or other body remaining after a part is amputated or destroyed; a fixed or rooted remnant; a stub; as, the stump of a leg, a finger, a tooth, or a broom..

Elecampane :: Elecampane (n.) A large, coarse herb (Inula Helenium), with composite yellow flowers. The root, which has a pungent taste, is used as a tonic, and was formerly of much repute as a stomachic..

Rooty :: Rooty (a.) Full of roots; as, rooty ground..

Evolution :: Evolution (n.) The extraction of roots; -- the reverse of involution.

Etymologize :: Etymologize (v. t.) To search into the origin of words; to deduce words from their simple roots.

Alkanet :: Alkanet (n.) A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color..

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