Alum root
() A North American herb (Heuchera Americana) of the Saxifrage family, whose root has astringent properties. |
Chay root
() The root of the Oldenlandia umbellata, native in India, which yieds a durable red dyestuff. |
Choy root
() See Chay root. |
Collar
(n.) Something worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament, restraint, or identification |
Collar
(n.) A ring or cincture. |
Collar
(n.) A collar beam. |
Collar
(n.) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem. |
Collar
(n.) An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devices to designate their rank or order. |
Collar
(n.) A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with esophagus. |
Collar
(n.) A colored ring round the neck of a bird or mammal. |
Collar
(n.) A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding something to its place, or for hiding an opening around an object |
Collar
(n.) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead |
Collar
(n.) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft. |
Collar
(v. t.) To seize by the collar. |
Collar
(v. t.) To put a collar on. |
Collar bone
() The clavicle. |
Root
(v. i.) To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine. |
Root
(v. i.) Hence, to seek for favor or advancement by low arts or groveling servility |
Root
(v. t.) To turn up or to dig out with the snout |
Root
(n.) The underground portion of a plant, whether a true root or a tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in the potato, the onion, or the sweet flag. |
Root
(n.) The descending, and commonly branching, axis of a plant, increasing in length by growth at its extremity only, not divided into joints, leafless and without buds, and having for its offices to fix the plant in the earth, to supply it with moisture and soluble matters, and sometimes to serve as a reservoir of nutriment for future growth. A true root, however, may never reach the ground, but may be attached to a wall, etc., as in the ivy, or may hang loosely in the air, as in some epiphytic orchids. |
Root
(n.) An edible or esculent root, especially of such plants as produce a single root, as the beet, carrot, etc. |
Root
(n.) That which resembles a root in position or function, esp. as a source of nourishment or support |
Root
(n.) An ancestor or progenitor |
Root
(n.) A primitive form of speech |
Root
(n.) The cause or occasion by which anything is brought about |
Root
(n.) That factor of a quantity which when multiplied into itself will produce that quantity |
Root
(n.) The fundamental tone of any chord |
Root
(n.) The lowest place, position, or part. |
Root
(n.) The time which to reckon in making calculations. |
Root
(v. i.) To fix the root |
Root
(v. i.) To be firmly fixed |
Root
(v. t.) To plant and fix deeply in the earth, or as in the earth |
Root
(v. t.) To tear up by the root |
apprehension
arrest
catch collar
pinch taking into custody | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal), the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar |
| collar leash | a figurative restraint, asked for a collar on program trading in the stock market, kept a tight leash on his emotions, he's always gotten a long leash |
choanocyte
collar cell | any of the flagellated cells in sponges having a collar of cytoplasm around the flagellum, they maintain a flow of water through the body |
| choker collar dog collar neckband | necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck |
clerical collar
Roman collar
dog collar | a stiff white collar with no opening in the front, a distinctive symbol of the clergy |
collar
neckband | a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over |
| collar | a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it |
| collar shoe collar | the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot |
| collar | a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part |
| collar | anything worn or placed about the neck, the thief was forced to wear a heavy wooden collar, a collar of flowers was placed about the neck of the winning horse |
| dog collar | a collar for a dog |
| Eton collar | broad white collar worn over the lapels of a jacket |
garrote
garotte
garrotte
iron collar | an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation |
| Peter Pan collar | a flat collar with rounded ends that meet in front |
root cellar
cellar | an excavation where root vegetables are stored |
turtleneck collar
polo-neck collar | a high close-fitting turnover collar |
| collar | (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal |
root
tooth root | the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support |
| root canal | the passage in the root of a tooth through which its nerve and blood vessels enter the pulp cavity |
dorsal root
dorsal horn | one of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally to the spinal cord and that consists of sensory fibers |
ventral root
ventral horn
anterior root
anterior horn | one of two the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes ventrally from the spinal cord and that consists of motor fibers |
eigenvalue
eigenvalue of a matrix
eigenvalue of a square matrix
characteristic root of a square matrix | (mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant |
root
root word
base
stem theme radical | (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed, thematic vowels are part of the stem |
etymon
root | a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes |
| root vegetable | any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers |
celeriac
celery root | thickened edible aromatic root of a variety of celery plant |
| chicory chicory root | root of the chicory plant roasted and ground to substitute for or adulterate coffee |
taro
taro root
cocoyam
dasheen
edda | tropical starchy tuberous root |
| root beer float | an iceream soda made with ice cream floating in root beer |
| root beer | carbonated drink containing extracts of roots and herbs |
solution
root | the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation |
beginning
origin
root
rootage
source | the place where something begins, where it springs into being, the Italian beginning of the Renaissance, Jupiter was the origin of the radiation, Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River, communism's Russian root |
ancestor
ascendant
ascendent
antecedent
root | someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) |
blue cohosh
blueberry root
papooseroot
papoose root
squawroot
squaw root
Caulophyllum thalictrioides
Caulophyllum thalictroides | tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally |
goldenseal
golden seal
yellow root
turmeric root
Hydrastis Canadensis | perennial herb of northeastern United States having a thick knotted yellow rootstock and large rounded leaves |
| horseradish horseradish root | the root of the horseradish plant, it is grated or ground and used for seasoning |
crinkleroot
crinkleoot
crinkle root
pepper root
toothwort
Cardamine diphylla
Dentaria diphylla | North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots |
| chicory chicory root | the dried root of the chicory plant: used as a coffee substitute |
| rattlesnake root | a plant of the genus Nabalus |
| rattlesnake root Prenanthes purpurea | herb of central and southern Europe having purple florets |
| coral root | a wildflower of the genus Corallorhiza growing from a hard mass of rhizomes associated with a fungus that aids in absorbing nutrients from the forest floor |
spotted coral root
Corallorhiza maculata | common coral root having yellowish- or reddish- or purplish-brown leafless stems bearing loose racemes of similarly colored flowers with white purple-spotted lips, Guatemala to Canada |
striped coral root
Corallorhiza striata | nearly leafless wildflower with erect reddish-purple stems bearing racemes of pale pinkish and brownish-striped flowers, western Canada to Mexico |
early coral root
pale coral root
Corallorhiza trifida | plant having clumps of nearly leafless pale yellowish to greenish stems bearing similarly colored flowers with white lower lips, northern New Mexico north through South Dakota and Washington to Alaska |
crested coral root
Hexalectris spicata | orchid with yellowish-brown flowers with dark veins, southeastern Arizona to the eastern United States |
colicroot
colic root
crow corn
star grass unicorn root | any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic |
ague root
ague grass
Aletris farinosa | colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers, southeastern United States |
| sarsaparilla root | dried root of any of various plants of the genus Smilax used as a flavoring agent |
derris root
tuba root
Derris elliptica | woody vine having bright green leaves and racemes of rose-tinted white flowers, the swollen roots contain rotenone |
| licorice root | root of licorice used in flavoring e.g. candy and liqueurs and medicines |