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Unroot :: Unroot (v. i.) To be torn up by the roots.

Inextirpable :: Inextirpable (a.) Not capable of being extirpated or rooted out; ineradicable.

Pinkroot :: Pinkroot (n.) The root of Spigelia Marilandica, used as a powerful vermifuge; also, that of S. Anthelmia. See definition 2 (below)..

Blain :: Blain (n.) A bladder growing on the root of the tongue of a horse, against the windpipe, and stopping the breath..

Dudgeon :: Dudgeon (n.) The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made..

Creeping :: Creeping (a.) Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils..

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..

Tetterwort :: Tetterwort (n.) A plant used as a remedy for tetter, -- in England the calendine, in America the bloodroot..

Cammock :: Cammock (n.) A plant having long hard, crooked roots, the Ononis spinosa; -- called also rest-harrow. The Scandix Pecten-Veneris is also called cammock..

Breadroot :: Breadroot (n.) The root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta), found near the Rocky Mountains. It is usually oval in form, and abounds in farinaceous matter, affording sweet and palatable food..

Subdural :: Subduplicate (a.) Expressed by the square root; -- said of ratios.

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

Radical :: Radical (a.) Of or pertaining to a radix or root; as, a radical quantity; a radical sign. See below..

Radical :: Radical (a.) Relating, or belonging, to the root, or ultimate source of derivation; as, a radical verbal form..

Radiculose :: Radiculose (a.) Producing numerous radicles, or rootlets..

Sesquiplicate :: Sesquiplicate (a.) Subduplicate of the triplicate; -- a term applied to ratios; thus, a and a' are in the sesquiplicate ratio of b and b', when a is to a' as the square root of the cube of b is to the square root of the cube of b', or a:a'::�b3:�b'3..

Rutty :: Rutty (a.) Rooty.

Mangrove :: Mangrove (n.) The name of one or two trees of the genus Rhizophora (R. Mangle, and R. mucronata, the last doubtfully distinct) inhabiting muddy shores of tropical regions, where they spread by emitting aerial roots, which fasten in the saline mire and eventually become new stems. The seeds also send down a strong root while yet attached to the parent plant..

Phylloxera :: Phylloxera (n.) A small hemipterous insect (Phylloxera vastatrix) allied to the aphids. It attacks the roots and leaves of the grapevine, doing great damage, especially in Europe..

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