fleshy root

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• root — root1 rootlike, adj. /rooht, root/, n. 1. a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture. 2. a similar organ developed from some… …   Universalium

• Root — /rooht/, n. 1. Elihu /el euh hyooh /, 1845 1937, U.S. lawyer and statesman: Nobel peace prize 1912. 2. John Wellborn /wel beuhrn/, 1851 91, U.S. architect. * * * In botany, the underground anchoring part of a plant. It grows downward in response… …   Universalium

• root — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English rōt, from Old Norse; akin to Old English wyrt root, Latin radix, Greek rhiza Date: 12th century 1. a. the usually underground part of a seed plant body that originates… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• root — 1. The primary or beginning portion of any part, as of a nerve at its origin from the brainstem or spinal cord. SYN: radix (1) [TA]. 2. SYN: r. of tooth. 3. The descending underground …   Medical dictionary

• root vegetable — noun any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers • Hypernyms: ↑vegetable, ↑veggie, ↑veg • Hyponyms: ↑potato, ↑white potato, ↑Irish potato, ↑murphy, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• root vegetable — noun the fleshy enlarged root of a plant used as a vegetable, e.g. a carrot …   English new terms dictionary

• tuberous root — noun : a thick fleshy root resembling a tuber but lacking buds or scale leaves, functioning especially in storage in biennial or perennial plants in which new growth is from a crown, and being simple and solitary (as in the beet or turnip) or… …   Useful english dictionary

• bowman's root — Indian In di*an (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus, the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. ?, OPers. Hindu, name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus. Cf. {Hindu}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to India… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• crin|kle|root — «KRIHNG kuhl ROOT, RUT», noun. any one of various North American plants of the mustard family, having a fleshy, pungent rootstock; toothwort …   Useful english dictionary

• squaw|root — «SKW ROOT, RUT», noun. a fleshy, leafless plant related to the beechdrops, with yellowish flowers, growing as a parasite usually on oak roots. It is found in eastern North America …   Useful english dictionary

• tuberous root — noun Date: circa 1668 a thick fleshy storage root (as of a dahlia) that is like a tuber but lacks buds or scale leaves • tuberous rooted adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary