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 dark red root that people eat as a vegetable. |
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. |
briar |
a pipe made from the root of a brier. |
brier2 |
a shrub of southern Europe. The brier's woody root 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 long orange root that people eat as a vegetable. |
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. [1/3 definitions] |
dogbane |
any of several perennial plants with an acrid, milky juice, a bitter root, and bearing bell-shaped flowers. |