dried roots

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• skelet — o (G). A dried body, skeleton …   Dictionary of word roots and combining forms

• torrid — (L). Dried up, parched …   Dictionary of word roots and combining forms

• zeren — o (G). Dried …   Dictionary of word roots and combining forms

• Samoa 'ava ceremony — The ʻaumaga, ava makers must follow etiquette and cultural protocol in the making and serving of the ava. It is usually an honour to be selected for the ceremony. The ʻaumaga, with prescribed roles in the ceremony, were a select guild in the past …   Wikipedia

• Caryophyllales — ▪ plant order Introduction   pink or carnation order of dicotyledonous flowering plants. The order includes 33 families, which contain more than 11,000 species in 692 genera. Nearly half of the families are very small, with less than a dozen… …   Universalium

• Ipecac — A naturally occurring substance with multiple properties including the ability to cause vomiting (emesis). Ipecac is derived from dried roots of a bush called Uragoga ipecacuanha that is native to Brazil. In the past, a sizable proportion of… …   Medical dictionary

• ipecac — /ip i kak /, n. 1. the dried root of a shrubby South American plant, Cephaelis ipecacuanha, of the madder family. 2. the plant itself. 3. a drug consisting of the dried roots of this plant, used as an emetic, purgative, etc., and as the source of …   Universalium

• sarsaparilla — The dried root of Smilax aristolochiaefolia (Mexican s.), S. regelii (Honduras s.), S. febrifuga (Ecuadorian s.), or of undetermined species of Smilax (family Liliaceae), a thorny vine widely distributed throughout the tropical and semitropical… …   Medical dictionary

• valerian — 1. The rhizome and roots of Valeriana officinalis (family Valerianaceae), a herb native in southern Europe and northern Asia, cultivated also in Great Britain and the U.S.; has been used as a sedative in hysteria and at menopause. 2. Referring to …   Medical dictionary

• krameria — kra·me·ria krə mir ē ə n 1) cap a genus of shrubs that are usu. placed with the legumes (family Leguminosae) or sometimes in their own family (Krameriaceae) and include two (K. triandra and K. argentea) with astringent roots formerly used in… …   Medical dictionary

• hel|le|bore — «HEHL uh br, bohr», noun. 1. any one of various perennial European herbs of the crowfoot family, with showy yellow, green, or purple flowers that bloom on erect stems before spring, especially the black hellebore and the bear sfoot. 2. the root… …   Useful english dictionary