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Spur :: Spur (n.) One of the large or principal roots of a tree.

Stub :: Stub (v. t.) To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots..

Veratralbine :: Veratralbine (n.) A yellowish amorphous alkaloid extracted from the rootstock of Veratrum album.

Saline :: Saline (n.) A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources.

Swarded :: Sward (n.) The grassy surface of land; that part of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass; turf.

Inversion :: Inversion (n.) Said of a chord, when one of its notes, other than its root, is made the bass..

Rumicin :: Rumicin (n.) A yellow crystalline substance found in the root of yellow dock (Rumex crispus) and identical with chrysophanic acid.

String :: String (n.) A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root..

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

Radicated :: Radicated (a.) Having rootlike organs for attachment.

Papaveraceous :: Papaveraceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Papaveraceae) of which the poppy, the celandine, and the bloodroot are well-known examples..

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

Detach :: Detach (v. t.) To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or from a party..

Rhizocephala :: Rhizocephala (n. pl.) A division of Pectostraca including saclike parasites of Crustacea. They adhere by rootlike extensions of the head. See Illusration in Appendix.

Root :: Root (v. i.) Hence, to seek for favor or advancement by low arts or groveling servility; to fawn servilely..

Hawk :: Hawk (v. i.) To clear the throat with an audible sound by forcing an expiratory current of air through the narrow passage between the depressed soft palate and the root of the tongue, thus aiding in the removal of foreign substances..

Perennial :: Perennial (a.) Continuing more than two years; as, a perennial steam, or root, or plant..

Wroot :: Wroot () imp. of Write. Wrote.

Deraination :: Deraination (n.) The act of pulling up by the roots; eradication.

Radix :: Radix (n.) A primitive word, from which spring other words; a radical; a root; an etymon..

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