Definition of root

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Root (n.) The lowest place, position, or part..

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Creep :: Creep (v. t.) To grow, as a vine, clinging to the ground or to some other support by means of roots or rootlets, or by tendrils, along its length..
Rubian :: Rubian (n.) One of several color-producing glycosides found in madder root.
Garlic :: Garlic (n.) A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent taste. Each root is composed of several lesser bulbs, called cloves of garlic, inclosed in a common membranous coat, and easily separable..
Calamus :: Calamus (n.) A species of Acorus (A. calamus), commonly called calamus, or sweet flag. The root has a pungent, aromatic taste, and is used in medicine as a stomachic; the leaves have an aromatic odor, and were formerly used instead of rushes to strew on floors..
Rhizodont :: Rhizodont (n.) A reptile whose teeth are rooted in sockets, as the crocodile..
Plerome :: Plerome (n.) The central column of parenchyma in a growing stem or root.
Eradication :: Eradication (n.) The act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.
Metaplast :: Metaplast (n.) A word having more than one form of the root.
Spongiolite :: Spongiole (n.) A supposed spongelike expansion of the tip of a rootlet for absorbing water; -- called also spongelet.
Barberry :: Barberry (n.) A shrub of the genus Berberis, common along roadsides and in neglected fields. B. vulgaris is the species best known; its oblong red berries are made into a preserve or sauce, and have been deemed efficacious in fluxes and fevers. The bark dyes a fine yellow, esp. the bark of the root..
Inracinate :: Inracinate (v. t.) To enroot or implant.
Turnip :: Turnip (v. t.) The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also, the plant itself..
Hydrotropic :: Hydrotropic (a.) Turning or bending towards moisture, as roots..
Wroot :: Wroot () imp. of Write. Wrote.
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..
Radical :: Radical (a.) Relating, or belonging, to the root, or ultimate source of derivation; as, a radical verbal form..
Pinkroot :: Pinkroot (n.) An annual South American and West Indian plant (Spigelia Anthelmia).
Root :: Root (v. t.) To plant and fix deeply in the earth, or as in the earth; to implant firmly; hence, to make deep or radical; to establish; -- used chiefly in the participle; as, rooted trees or forests; rooted dislike..
Radicality :: Radicality (n.) Radicalness; relation to a root in essential nature or principle.
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..
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