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Belladonna
noun · 78% connection
An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, true, root, parasitical, plant.
Bitterroot
noun · 78% connection
A plant (Lewisia rediviva) allied to the purslane, but with fleshy, farinaceous roots, growing in the mountains of Idaho, Montana, etc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, true, root, parasitical, plant.
Blank
adjective · 78% connection
Lacking characteristics which give variety; as, a blank desert; a blank wall; destitute of interests, affections, hopes, etc.; as, to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, true, root, parasitical, plant.
Cutting
noun · 78% connection
a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, true, root, parasitical, plant.
Dark
adjective · 78% connection
Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, true, root, parasitical, plant.
Dodder
noun · 78% connection
A plant of the genus Cuscuta. It is a leafless parasitical vine with yellowish threadlike stems. It attaches itself to some other plan…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, true, root, parasitical, plant.
Exsanguious
adjective · 78% connection
Destitute of true, or red, blood, as insects.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, true, root, parasitical, plant.
Extirpate
verb · 78% connection
To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, true, root, parasitical, plant.
Fang
verb · 78% connection
The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See Tooth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, true, root, parasitical, plant.
Garlic
noun · 78% connection
A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, true, root, parasitical, plant.
Ginseng
noun · 78% connection
A plant of the genus Aralia, the root of which is highly valued as a medicine among the Chinese. The Chinese plant (Aralia Schinseng)…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, true, root, parasitical, plant.
Glycyrrhiza
noun · 78% connection
The root of Glycyrrhiza glabra (liquorice root), used as a demulcent, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, true, root, parasitical, plant.
Glycyrrhizin
noun · 78% connection
A glucoside found in licorice root (Glycyrrhiza), in monesia bark (Chrysophyllum), in the root of the walnut, etc., and extracted as a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, true, root, parasitical, plant.
Ipecacuanha
noun · 78% connection
The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb (Cephaelis Ipecacuanha), largely employed as an emetic; also, the plant itself; also, a medici…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, true, root, parasitical, plant.
Mandrake
noun · 78% connection
A low plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and supposed to resemble a man. It…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, true, root, parasitical, plant.
Odontopteryx
noun · 78% connection
An extinct Eocene bird having the jaws strongly serrated, or dentated, but destitute of true teeth. It was found near London.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, true, root, parasitical, plant.
Parasitic
adjective · 78% connection
Alt. of Parasitical
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, true, root, parasitical, plant.
Parsnip
noun · 78% connection
The aromatic and edible spindle-shaped root of the cultivated form of the Pastinaca sativa, a biennial umbelliferous plant which is ve…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, true, root, parasitical, plant.