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Terminated abruptly, or as it bitten off. Premorse root or leaves (Bot.), such as have an abrupt, ragged, and irregular termination, as if bitten off short.

Lying on the ground, but without putting forth roots; trailing; prostrate; as, a procumbent stem.

The false china root, a plant of the genus Smilax (S. Pseudo- china), found in America.

al plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, as the bloodroot and two species of Lithospermum (L. hirtum, and L. canescens); also, the pigment itself.

In root construction, a horizontal member supported on the principals and supporting the common rafters.

A dyestuff resembling alizarin, found in madder root, and extracted as an orange or red crystalline substance.

An alkaloid extracted from the root of the pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum).

illinqia sylvatica) of the Spurge family, having an herbaceous stem and a perennial woody root. -- Queen's metal (Metal.), an alloy somewhat resembling pewter or britannia, and consisting essentially of tin with a slight admixture of antimony, bismuth, and lead or copper. -- Queen's pigeon. (Zoöl.) Same as Queen pige…

A perennial grass (Agropyrum repens) having long running rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously, and so becomes a troublesome weed. Also called couch grass, quick grass, quick grass, twitch grass. See Illustration in Appendix.

A root. "A race or two of ginger." Shak. Race ginger, ginger in the root, or not pulverized.

Of or pertaining to the root; proceeding directly from the root.

y, the doctrines or principles of radicals in politics or social reform. Radicalism means root work; the uprooting of all falsehoods and abuses. F. W. Robertson.

Radicalness; relation to root in essential to a root in essential nature or principle.

In a radical manner; at, or from, the origin or root; fundamentally; as, a scheme or system radically wrong or defective.

Taking root on, or above, the ground; rooting from the stem, as the trumpet creeper and the ivy.

To take root; to become rooted. Evelyn.

Rooted; specifically:

The process of taking root, or state of being rooted; as, the radication of habits.

A small branch of a root; a rootlet.

Having the nature or appearance of a radix or root.