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Osmund :: Osmund (n.) A fern of the genus Osmunda, or flowering fern. The most remarkable species is the osmund royal, or royal fern (Osmunda regalis), which grows in wet or boggy places, and has large bipinnate fronds, often with a panicle of capsules at the top. The rootstock contains much starch, and has been used in stiffening linen..

Root :: Root (n.) That which resembles a root in position or function, esp. as a source of nourishment or support; that from which anything proceeds as if by growth or development; as, the root of a tooth, a nail, a cancer, and the like..

Kava :: Kava (n.) A species of Macropiper (M. methysticum), the long pepper, from the root of which an intoxicating beverage is made by the Polynesians, by a process of mastication; also, the beverage itself..

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

Laserwort :: Laserwort (n.) Any plant of the umbelliferous genus Laserpitium, of several species (as L. glabrum, and L. siler), the root of which yields a resinous substance of a bitter taste. The genus is mostly European..

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..

Sucker :: Sucker (n.) A shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment from the body of the plant..

Hydrotropic :: Hydrotropic (a.) Turning or bending towards moisture, as roots..

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

Stigmata :: Stigmaria (n.) The fossil root stem of a coal plant of the genus Sigillaria.

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

Mudarin :: Mudarin (n.) A brown, amorphous, bitter substance having a strong emetic action, extracted from the root of the mudar..

Toothwort :: Toothwort (n.) A plant whose roots are fancied to resemble teeth, as certain plants of the genus Lathraea, and various species of Dentaria. See Coralwort..

Melluco :: Melluco (n.) A climbing plant (Ullucus officinalis) of the Andes, having tuberous roots which are used as a substitute for potatoes..

Extirpation :: Extirpation (n.) The act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of being extirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, the extirpation of weeds from land, of evil from the heart, of a race of men, of heresy..

Radicate :: Radicate (v. t.) To cause to take root; to plant deeply and firmly; to root.

Neck :: Neck (n.) the point where the base of the stem of a plant arises from the root.

Ablaqueate :: Ablaqueate (v. t.) To lay bare, as the roots of a tree..

Agglutinate :: Agglutinate (a.) Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning; as, agglutinate forms, languages, etc. See Agglutination, 2..

Redroot :: Redroot (n.) A name of several plants having red roots, as the New Jersey tea (see under Tea), the gromwell, the bloodroot, and the Lachnanthes tinctoria, an endogenous plant found in sandy swamps from Rhode Island to Florida..

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