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v. t.
To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate.
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A colorless volatile alkaline liquid, N.(CH3)3, obtained from herring brine, beet roots, etc., with a characteristic herringlike odor. It is regarded as a substituted ammonia containing three methyl groups.
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An East Indian grass (Andropogon muricatus); also, its fragrant roots which are much used for making mats and screens. Also called kuskus, and khuskhus.
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Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in the autumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass, over the fields and prairies; as witch grass, wild indigo, Amarantus albus, etc.
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The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.
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An American tree of the Laurel family (Sassafras officinale); also, the bark of the roots, which has an aromatic smell and taste.
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Full of roots; as, rooty ground.
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The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda.
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The rootstock of the bloodroot, used in medicine as an emetic, etc.
v. i.
To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start into growth; to sprout; to germinate.
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To be torn up by the roots.
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A yellowish amorphous alkaloid extracted from the rootstock of Veratrum album.
v. t.
To tear up by the roots; to eradicate; to uproot.
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The quality of being triliteral; as, the triliterality of Hebrew roots.
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A stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed, often containing the roots of coal plants, especially the Stigmaria.
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Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex tribasic organic acid, C3H5.(CO2H)3 occurring naturally in unripe beet roots, and produced artificially from glycerin as a white crystalline substance.
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A fleshy-leaved herb (Rhodiola rosea); rosewort; -- so called because the roots have the odor of roses.
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The root or rootstock of the Curcuma longa. It is externally grayish, but internally of a deep, lively yellow or saffron color, and has a slight aromatic smell, and a bitterish, slightly acrid taste. It is used for a dye, a medicine, a condiment, and a chemical test.
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That upper stratum of earth and vegetable mold which is filled with the roots of grass and other small plants, so as to adhere and form a kind of mat; sward; sod.
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The bitter mucilaginous roots of such plants, used in medicine and in sirups for soda, etc.
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