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A plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Pseudo-narcissus). It has a bulbous root and beautiful flowers, usually of a yellow hue. Called also daffodilly, daffadilly, daffadowndilly, daffydowndilly, etc. With damasc roses and daffadowndillies set. Spenser. Strow me the ground with daffadowndillies, And cowslips, and kingcups,…

A tropical aroid (of the genus Caladium, syn. Colocasia) having an edible farinaceous root. It is related to the taro and to the tanier, but is much superior to it in quality and is as easily cooked as the potato. It is a staple food plant of the tropics, being prepared like potatoes, and has been introduced into the S…

A genus of plants (Hemerocallis) closely resembling true lilies, but having tuberous rootstocks instead of bulbs. The common species have long narrow leaves and either yellow or tawny-orange flowers.

To dig into; to penetrate; to trace out; to fathom. I can not delve him to the root. Shak.

To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate. [R.] While that the colter rusts That should deracinate such savagery. Shak.

The act of pulling up by the roots; eradication. [R.]

origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Aryan root.

fix, an internal modification, or some other change; a word which takes its origin from a root.

r disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or from a party.

The tendency of organs (as roots) of plants to assume a position oblique or transverse to a direction towards the center of the earth.

investigation of the Sanskrit may lead to differentiation of the meaning of such of these roots as are real roots. J. Peile.

A degraded tribe of California Indians; -- so called from their practice of digging roots for food.

Formed like a finger or fingers; finger-shaped; as, a digitiform root.

, m, n, r, v, becomes dif- before f, and either dis- or di- before j. It is from the same root as bis twice, and duo, E. two. See Two, and cf. Bi-, Di-, Dia-. Dis- denotes separation, a parting from, as in distribute, disconnect; hence it often has the force of a privative and negative, as in disarm, disoblige, disagre…

hame; reproach. It was not meet for us to see the king's dishonor. Ezra iv. 14. His honor rooted in dishonor stood. Tennyson.

To remove (what is planted or fixed); to unsettle and take away; to displace; to root out; as, to displant inhabitants. I did not think a look, Or a poor word or two, could have displanted Such a fixed constancy. Beau. & Fl.

genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.

It attaches itself to some other plant, as to flax, goldenrod, etc., and decaying at the root. is nourished by the plant that supports it.

a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards. "Looking downwards." Pope. Their heads they downward bent. Drayton.

rth, and prevents the growth of plants; aridity. The drought of March hath pierced to the root. Chaucer. In a drought the thirsty creatures cry. Dryden.