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81Culvers root — noun a tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers; common in eastern North America • Syn: ↑Culver s root, ↑Culver s physic, ↑Culvers physic, ↑whorlywort, ↑Veronicastrum virginicum • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus …
82senega root — noun eastern North American plant having a terminal cluster of small white flowers and medicinal roots • Syn: ↑Seneca snakeroot, ↑Seneka snakeroot, ↑senga root, ↑senega snakeroot, ↑Polygala senega • Hypernyms: ↑milkwort …
83senga root — noun eastern North American plant having a terminal cluster of small white flowers and medicinal roots • Syn: ↑Seneca snakeroot, ↑Seneka snakeroot, ↑senega root, ↑senega snakeroot, ↑Polygala senega • Hypernyms: ↑milkwort …
84clover root curculio — noun : a small dark broad snouted weevil (Sitona hispidula or a closely related species) that feeds on clovers, alfalfa, and other legumes, the larva on the root surface, scoring and girdling the roots, and the adult on the leaves …
85rattlesnake root — noun Date: 1682 any of various plants formerly believed to be distasteful to rattlesnakes or effective against their venom: as a. any of a genus (Prenanthes, especially P. altissima) of composite plants with small heads of drooping ligulate… …
86Genealogy Takes Root on the Internet — ▪ 2004 By 2003 the number of people who had discovered the benefit of using the Internet to research their ancestry had increased dramatically. Many Web sites provide access to databases containing indexes to vital records and population… …
87feeder root — One of the numerous small roots of a plant, through which moisture and nutrients are absorbed from the soil. Cf. taproot …
88clover root borer — noun : a small brown weevil (Hylastinus obscurus) of the family Scolytidae that bores in clover roots …
89crawley root — ˈkrȯlē noun Etymology: by folk etymology : a coralroot (Corallorrhiza odontorhiza) of dry woodlands in eastern and central No. America that produces a scape of small white to purple crimson spotted flowers and has an irregular perennial… …
90strawberry root weevil — noun : a small black beetle (Brachyrhinus ovatus) of the family Curculionidae whose larva lives in the soil and feeds on the roots or girdles the crown of strawberry plants …
