| ARROWROOT | • arrowroot n. (Countable, uncountable) Maranta arundinacea from the Marantaceae family, a large perennial herb native… • arrowroot n. (Countable, uncountable) Usually preceded by an attributive word: some other plant whose rhizomes are… • arrowroot n. (Uncountable) A starchy substance obtained from the rhizomes of an arrowroot plant used as a thickener. |
| BIRTHROOT | • birthroot n. Trillium erectum, a perennial plant of North America with deep-red flowers. • BIRTHROOT n. a herbaceous plant with an astringent rootstock, said to have medicinal properties, also BIRTHWORT. |
| BLOODROOT | • bloodroot n. A North American plant, Sanguinaria canadensis, of the poppy family, which has a red root and sap and… • BLOODROOT n. a plant with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring, aka puccoon, redroot. |
| BREADROOT | • breadroot n. The edible root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta). • bread-root n. Alternative form of breadroot. • BREADROOT n. the edible root of a leguminous plant, found near the Rocky Mountains, aka prairie turnip. |
| BRIARROOT | • briar-root n. The root of the briar (Erica arborea). • briar-root n. The wood of this root used to make tobacco pipes. • BRIARROOT n. the root of a briar, also BRIERROOT. |
| BRIERROOT | • BRIERROOT n. the root of a briar, also BRIARROOT. |
| CHINAROOT | • chinaroot n. Alternative form of China root. • china-root n. Alternative form of China root. • china␣root n. Alternative letter-case form of China root. |
| COLICROOT | • colicroot n. A bitter American herb of the bloodwort family (Haemodoraceae), with small yellow or white flowers in a long spike. • colicroot n. Any of several other plants with bitter roots. • COLICROOT n. a herb of the bloodwort family, with small yellow or white flowers in a long spike. |
| CORALROOT | • coralroot n. Any of several saprophytic orchids of the genus Corallorhiza. • coralroot n. Cardamine bulbifera. • CORALROOT n. a kind of orchid. |
| FEVERROOT | • feverroot n. The plant Ruellia tuberosa. • feverroot n. A plant in the genus Triosteum. • FEVERROOT n. an American wild plant. |
| GRASSROOT | • grassroot adj. Alternative form of grassroots. • GRASSROOT n. relating to the ordinary people, the rank and file. |
| ORRISROOT | • orrisroot n. The root of the orris. • ORRISROOT n. the root of orris, used in perfumery. |
| PUTTYROOT | • puttyroot n. An American orchidaceous plant (Aplectrum hyemale) whose slender rootstock produces a solid corm filled… • PUTTYROOT n. an American orchidaceous plant which flowers in early summer. |
| SNAKEROOT | • snakeroot n. Any member of the genus Ageratina of perennials and rounded shrubs from the sunflower family, growing… • snakeroot n. Any of various plants of other genera, including Eupatorium, Asarum canadense (Canadian snakeroot)… • snakeroot n. Bistorta officinalis (common bistort). |
| SQUAWROOT | • squawroot n. Either of two not closely related plants from eastern North America… • squaw␣root n. Alternative form of squawroot. • SQUAWROOT n. a scaly parasitic plant found in oak woods in the United States. |