| aconite |
the drug obtained from the root of monkshood. [1/2 definitions] |
| arrowroot |
a plant of tropical America whose root is dried and pulverized to produce a nutritious starch. [2 definitions] |
| beet |
a cultivated plant whose leaves and fleshy, usu. dark red root are edible. (See sugar beet.) [2 definitions] |
| belladonna |
a drug or extract containing atropine derived from the root and leaves of this plant. [1/2 definitions] |
| bitterroot |
a plant found in western North America that bears showy pink or white flowers and has a fleshy edible root. |
| bloodroot |
a North American spring wildflower that bears a single white flower and has a fleshy red root that yields a toxic red sap. |
| brier2 |
a white heath of southern Europe, the woody root of which is used in making tobacco pipes. |
| brierroot |
the woody root of the brier or other woods used to make tobacco pipes. [1/2 definitions] |
| brierwood |
the wood of the root of the brier; brierroot. |
| calamus |
a wild iris known as the sweet flag, or its aromatic root. [1/3 definitions] |
| calque |
a word adopted into one language from another through the translation of each root or morpheme of the foreign word. |
| carrot |
a plant cultivated for its edible orange root. [2/3 definitions] |
| cassava |
any of several tropical American plants with a tuberous root that yields a nutritive starch. [1/2 definitions] |
| cementum |
a bonelike tissue covering the root of a tooth. |
| chervil |
any of various related plants that have an edible root. [1/2 definitions] |
| chicory |
a blue-flowered perennial plant whose leaves are used in salads and whose large root is often roasted and ground and added to coffee. [2 definitions] |
| crab grass |
any of several wild, coarse grasses that easily root, spread, and displace other plants and grasses, esp. in cultivated lawns. |
| crown |
the point at which the root and stem of a plant join, usu. at ground level. [1/21 definitions] |
| derivation |
something taken from a root or source; something derived. [1/4 definitions] |
| dogbane |
any of several perennial plants with an acrid, milky juice, a bitter root, and bearing bell-shaped flowers. |
| endodontics |
(used with a sing. verb) the branch of dentistry that diagnoses and treats diseases of the dental pulp; root canal therapy. |