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Trunk :: Trunk (n.) The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk..

Ivy :: Ivy (n.) A plant of the genus Hedera (H. helix), common in Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and mostly five-pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the berries black or yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees by rootlike fibers..

Stand :: Stand (n.) To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation..

Radicle :: Radicle (n.) A rootlet; a radicel.

Dock :: Dock (n.) A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination..

Hair :: Hair (n.) One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in invertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin..

Swingle :: Swingle (v. t.) To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; -- said of weeds.

Colicroot :: Colicroot (n.) A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike (Aletris farinosa and A. aurea). Called sometimes star grass, blackroot, blazing star, and unicorn root..

Cement :: Cement (n.) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; -- called also cementum.

Confection :: Confection (n.) A preparation of fruits or roots, etc., with sugar; a sweetmeat..

Agglutination :: Agglutination (n.) Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See Agglutinative, 2..

Polygala :: Polygala (n.) A genus of bitter herbs or shrubs having eight stamens and a two-celled ovary (as the Seneca snakeroot, the flowering wintergreen, etc.); milkwort..

Purline :: Purline (n.) In root construction, a horizontal member supported on the principals and supporting the common rafters..

Rhizanthous :: Rhizanthous (a.) Producing flowers from a rootstock, or apparently from a root..

Radical :: Radical (a.) Proceeding from a rootlike stem, or one which does not rise above the ground; as, the radical leaves of the dandelion and the sidesaddle flower..

Johnson Grass :: "Johnson grass () A tall perennial grass (Sorghum Halepense), valuable in the Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks are large and juicy and are eagerly sought by swine. Called also Cuba grass, Means grass, Evergreen millet, and Arabian millet..

Sprout :: Sprout (v. i.) The shoot of a plant; a shoot from the seed, from the stump, or from the root or tuber, of a plant or tree; more rarely, a shoot from the stem of a plant, or the end of a branch..

Helenin :: Helenin (n.) A neutral organic substance found in the root of the elecampane (Inula helenium), and extracted as a white crystalline or oily material, with a slightly bitter taste..

Vetiver :: Vetiver (n.) An East Indian grass (Andropogon muricatus); also, its fragrant roots which are much used for making mats and screens. Also called kuskus, and khuskhus..

Pileorhiza :: Pileorhiza (n.) A cap of cells which covers the growing extremity of a root; a rootcap.

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