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Umlaut :: Umlaut (n.) The euphonic modification of a root vowel sound by the influence of a, u, or especially i, in the syllable which formerly followed..

Wrote :: Wrote (v. i.) To root with the snout. See 1st Root.

Repent :: Repent (a.) Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems.

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..

Confection :: Confection (n.) A preparation of fruits or roots, etc., with sugar; a sweetmeat..

Aerial :: Aerial (a.) Growing, forming, or existing in the air, as opposed to growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as, aerial rootlets, aerial plants..

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..

Uproot :: Uproot (v. t.) To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate..

Curcumin :: Curcumin (n.) The coloring principle of turmeric, or curcuma root, extracted as an orange yellow crystalline substance, C14H14O4, with a green fluorescence..

Stolon :: Stolon (n.) A trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end or at the joints; a stole.

Scammony :: Scammony (n.) An inspissated sap obtained from the root of the Convolvulus Scammonia, of a blackish gray color, a nauseous smell like that of old cheese, and a somewhat acrid taste. It is used in medicine as a cathartic..

Licorice :: Licorice (n.) The inspissated juice of licorice root, used as a confection and for medicinal purposes..

Polyphyletic :: Polyphyletic (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, descent from more than one root form, or from many different root forms; polygenetic; -- opposed to monophyletic..

Exegesis :: Exegesis (n.) The process of finding the roots of an equation.

Radicated :: Radicated (a.) Roote.

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

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..

Valerian :: Valerian (n.) Any plant of the genus Valeriana. The root of the officinal valerian (V. officinalis) has a strong smell, and is much used in medicine as an antispasmodic..

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

Inarch :: Inarch (v. t.) To graft by uniting, as a scion, to a stock, without separating either from its root before the union is complete; -- also called to graft by approach..

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