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One of several color-producing glycosides found in madder root.

One of the red dye products extracted from madder root, and probably identical with ruberythrinic acid.

rforming any operation and producing a certain result; as, a rule for extracting the cube root.

A yellow crystalline substance found in the root of yellow dock (Rumex crispus) and identical with chrysophanic acid.

A slender trailing branch which takes root at the joints or end and there forms new plants, as in the strawberry and the common cinquefoil.

lants with hard nutlike fruits. (b) A name for several species of Cyperus having tuberous roots. -- Rush broom, an Australian leguminous plant (Viminaria denudata), having long, slender branches. Also, the Spanish broom. See under Candle. -- Rush grass, any grass of the genus Vilfa, grasses with wiry stems and one-fl…

A kind of turnip commonly with a large and long or ovoid yellowish root; a Swedish turnip. See Turnip.

Rooty. [Obs.] Spenser.

A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources. [Written also salin.]

The rootstock of the bloodroot, used in medicine as an emetic, etc.

A Hindoo system of philosophy which refers all things to soul and a rootless germ called prakriti, consisting of three elements, goodness, passion, and darkness. Whitworth.

al 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.

A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort (Saponaria), in the bark of soap bark (Quillaia), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphus powder, which occasions a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local anæstesia. Formerly called also struthiin, quilaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By…

Long and filiform, and almost naked, or having only leaves at the joints where it strikes root; as, a sarmentose stem.

The bitter mucilaginous roots of such plants, used in medicine and in sirups for soda, etc.

An American tree of the Laurel family (Sassafras officinale); also, the bark of the roots, which has an aromatic smell and taste. Australian sassafras, a lofty tree (Doryophora Sassafras) with aromatic bark and leaves. -- Chilian sassafras, an aromatic tree (Laurelia sempervirens). -- New Zealand sassafras, a similar…

Any garden vegetables eaten with meat. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] Forby. Bartlett. Roots, herbs, vine fruits, and salad flowers . . . they dish up various ways, and find them very delicious sauce to their meats, both roasted and boiled, fresh and salt. Beverly.

of plants (Saxifragaceæ) of which saxifrage is the type. The order includes also the alum root, the hydrangeas, the mock orange, currants and gooseberries, and many other plants.

rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like.

fill with odor; to perfume. Balm from a silver box distilled around, Shall all bedew the roots, and scent the sacred ground. Dryden.