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-art :: -art () The termination of many English words; as, coward, reynard, drunkard, mostly from the French, in which language this ending is of German origin, being orig. the same word as English hard. It usually has the sense of one who has to a high or excessive degree the quality expressed by the root; as, braggart, sluggard..

Cohosh :: Cohosh (n.) A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), whose rootstock is used in medicine; -- also called pappoose root. The name is sometimes also given to the Cimicifuga racemosa, and to two species of Actaea, plants of the Crowfoot family..

Colchicum :: Colchicum (n.) A genus of bulbous-rooted plants found in many parts of Europe, including the meadow saffron..

Rhizophorous :: Rhizophorous (a.) Bearing roots.

Colicroot :: Colicroot (n.) A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike (Aletris farinosa and A. aurea). Called sometimes star grass, blackroot, blazing star, and unicorn root..

Feverwort :: Feverwort (n.) See Fever root, under Fever..

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..

Bloodroot :: Bloodroot (n.) A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort, turmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See Sanguinaria..

Digitiform :: Digitiform (a.) Formed like a finger or fingers; finger-shaped; as, a digitiform root..

Chicory :: Chicory (n.) The root, which is roasted for mixing with coffee..

Collar :: Collar (n.) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem.

Yamp :: Yamp (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Carum Gairdneri); also, its small fleshy roots, which are eaten by the Indians from Idaho to California..

Horse-radish :: Horse-radish (n.) A plant of the genus Nasturtium (N. Armoracia), allied to scurvy grass, having a root of a pungent taste, much used, when grated, as a condiment and in medicine..

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..

Banyan :: Banyan (n.) A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which take root and become additional trunks, until it may be the tree covers some acres of ground and is able to shelter thousands of men..

Extirpator :: Extirpator (n.) One who extirpates or roots out; a destroyer.

Flesh :: Flesh (n.) The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten..

Arrhizous :: Arrhizous (a.) Destitute of a true root, as a parasitical plant..

Polygala :: Polygala (n.) A genus of bitter herbs or shrubs having eight stamens and a two-celled ovary (as the Seneca snakeroot, the flowering wintergreen, etc.); milkwort..

Trinomial :: Trinomial (a.) Consisting of three terms; of or pertaining to trinomials; as, a trinomial root..

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