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Definition of rootstock
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Rootstock
(n.) A
perennial
underground
stem,
producing
leafly
s/ems or
flower
stems from year to year; a
rhizome..
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Euryale
::
Euryale
(n.) A genus of water
lilies,
growing
in India and
China.
The only
species
(E.
ferox)
is very
prickly
on the
peduncles
and
calyx.
The
rootstocks
and seeds are used as
food..
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..
Root
::
Root (n.) The
underground
portion
of a
plant,
whether
a true root or a
tuber,
a bulb or
rootstock,
as in the
potato,
the
onion,
or the sweet
flag..
Bull Brier
::
Bull brier () A
species
of
Smilax
(S.
Pseudo-China)
growing
from New
Jersey
to the Gulf of
Mexico,
which has very large
tuberous
and
farinaceous
rootstocks,
formerly
used by the
Indians
for a sort of
bread,
and by the
negroes
as an
ingredient
in
making
beer; --
called
also
bamboo
brier and China
brier..
Veratralbine
::
Veratralbine
(n.) A
yellowish
amorphous
alkaloid
extracted
from the
rootstock
of
Veratrum
album.
Cassava
::
Cassava
(n.) A
shrubby
euphorbiaceous
plant of the genus
Manihot,
with
fleshy
rootstocks
yielding
an
edible
starch;
--
called
also
manioc..
Rhizome
::
Rhizome
(n.) A
rootstock.
See
Rootstock.
Tous-les-mois
::
Tous-les-mois
(n.) A kind of
starch
with very
large,
oval,
flattened
grains,
often sold as
arrowroot,
and
extensively
used for
adulterating
cocoa.
It is made from the
rootstocks
of a
species
of
Canna,
probably
C.
edulis,
the
tubers
of which are
edible
every month in the
year..
Sanguinaria
::
Sanguinaria
(n.) The
rootstock
of the
bloodroot,
used in
medicine
as an
emetic,
etc..
Hydrorhiza
::
Hydrorhiza
(n.) The
rootstock
or
decumbent
stem by which a
hydroid
is
attached
to other
objects.
See
Illust.
under
Hydroidea.
Leaf
::
Leaf (n.) A
colored,
usually
green,
expansion
growing
from the side of a stem or
rootstock,
in which the sap for the use of the plant is
elaborated
under the
influence
of
light;
one of the parts of a plant which
collectively
constitute
its
foliage..
Methysticin
::
Methysticin
(n.) A
white,
silky,
crystalline
substance
extracted
from the thick
rootstock
of a
species
of
pepper
(Piper
methysticum)
of the South Sea
Islands;
--
called
also
kanakin..
Turmeric
::
Turmeric
(n.) The root or
rootstock
of the
Curcuma
longa.
It is
externally
grayish,
but
internally
of a deep,
lively
yellow
or
saffron
color,
and has a
slight
aromatic
smell,
and a
bitterish,
slightly
acrid
taste.
It is used for a dye, a
medicine,
a
condiment,
and a
chemical
test..
Senegin
::
Senegin
(n.) A
substance
extracted
from the
rootstock
of the
Polygala
Senega
(Seneca
root),
and
probably
identical
with
polygalic
acid..
Cassava
::
Cassava
(n.) A
nutritious
starch
obtained
from the
rootstocks
of the
cassava
plant,
used as food and in
making
tapioca..
Smilax
::
Smilax
(n.) A genus of
perennial
climbing
plants,
usually
with a
prickly
woody stem; green
brier,
or cat
brier.
The
rootstocks
of
certain
species
are the
source
of the
medicine
called
sarsaparilla..
Day Lily
::
Day lily () A genus of
plants
(Hemerocallis)
closely
resembling
true
lilies,
but
having
tuberous
rootstocks
instead
of
bulbs.
The
common
species
have long
narrow
leaves
and
either
yellow
or
tawny-orange
flowers..
Cespitose
::
Cespitose
(a.)
Having
the form a piece of turf, i. e., many stems from one
rootstock
or from many
entangled
rootstocks
or
roots..
Birthroot
::
Birthroot
(n.) An
herbaceous
plant
(Trillium
erectum),
and its
astringent
rootstock,
which is said to have
medicinal
properties..
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..
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