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71Musk root — Musk Musk (m[u^]sk), n. [F. musc, L. muscus, Per. musk, fr. Skr. mushka testicle, orig., a little mouse. See {Mouse}, and cd. {Abelmosk}, {Muscadel}, {Muscovy duck}, {Nutmeg}.] 1. A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of the… …
72Rattlesnake root — Rattlesnake Rat tle*snake (r[a^]t t l*sn[=a]k ), n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera {Crotalus} and {Caudisona}, or {Sistrurus}; sometimes also called {rattler}. They have a series of horny …
73Arctic small tool tradition — The Arctic Small Tool tradition is a broad cultural entity that developed along the Alaska Peninsula, round Bristol Bay, and on the eastern shores of the Bering Strait around 2500 BC. This was a terrestrial entity that had a highly distinctive… …
74Dragon root — dragon drag on (dr[a^]g [u^]n), n. [F. dragon, L. draco, fr. Gr. dra kwn, prob. fr. de rkesqai, dra kein, to look (akin to Skr. dar[,c] to see), and so called from its terrible eyes. Cf. {Drake} a dragon, {Dragoon}.] 1. (Myth.) A fabulous animal …
75unicorn root — Colicroot Col ic*root , n. A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike ({Aletris farinosa} and {Aletris aurea}). Called sometimes {star grass}, {blackroot},… …
76ghrebh-1, gherbh-; root widening ghrebhā- — ghrebh 1, gherbh ; root widening ghrebhā English meaning: to grab Deutsche Übersetzung: “ergreifen, erraffen, rechen” Note: compare also ghreibh . Material: O.Ind. grabh , grab “ gripe, catch, obtain, seize, touch, attain,… …
77bit|ter|root — «BIHT uhr ROOT, RUT», noun. a small plant with thick, edible roots and showy, pink or white flowers, found in the northern Rocky Mountains. It belongs to the purslane family. Bitterroot is the state flower of Montana …
78Culver's root — 1. the root of a tall plant, Veronicastrum virginicum, of the figwort family, having spikelike clusters of small, white, tubular flowers, used in medicine as a cathartic and emetic. 2. the plant. [1710 20, Amer.; named after Dr. Culver, 17th 18th …
79rattlesnake root — ☆ rattlesnake root n. 1. any of a number of perennial plants (genus Prenanthes) of the composite family, with small, cylindrical, drooping heads and intensely bitter roots, formerly considered a cure for snakebite 2. any of various other plants… …
80clover-root — noun hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally • Syn: ↑herb bennet, ↑cloveroot, ↑wood avens, ↑Geum urbanum • Hypernyms: ↑avens …
