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Absinthium
noun · 78% connection
The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of wormwood.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, plant, jateorrhiza, probably, cocculus.
Authentic
noun · 78% connection
Having as immediate relation to the tonic, in distinction from plagal, which has a correspondent relation to the dominant in the octav…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, plant, jateorrhiza, probably, cocculus.
Bitter
verb · 78% connection
Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine; bitter as aloes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, plant, jateorrhiza, probably, cocculus.
Bittern
adjective · 78% connection
A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus Indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, plant, jateorrhiza, probably, cocculus.
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: root, plant, jateorrhiza, probably, cocculus.
Bittersweet
adjective · 78% connection
Sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; esp. sweet with a bitter after taste; hence (Fig.), pleasant but painful.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, plant, jateorrhiza, probably, cocculus.
Chamomile
noun · 78% connection
A genus of herbs (Anthemis) of the Composite family. The common camomile, A. nobilis, is used as a popular remedy. Its flowers have a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, plant, jateorrhiza, probably, cocculus.
Cocculus Indicus
noun · 78% connection
The fruit or berry of the Anamirta Cocculus, a climbing plant of the East Indies. It is a poisonous narcotic and stimulant.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, plant, jateorrhiza, probably, cocculus.
Colocynth
noun · 78% connection
The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber (Citrullus, / Cucumis, colocynthis), an Asiatic plant allied to the watermel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, plant, jateorrhiza, probably, cocculus.
Contrayerva
noun · 78% connection
A species of Dorstenia (D. Contrayerva), a South American plant, the aromatic root of which is sometimes used in medicine as a gentle…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, plant, jateorrhiza, probably, cocculus.
Elecampane
noun · 78% connection
A large, coarse herb (Inula Helenium), with composite yellow flowers. The root, which has a pungent taste, is used as a tonic, and was…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, plant, jateorrhiza, probably, cocculus.
Elegancy
noun · 78% connection
The state or quality of being elegant; beauty as resulting from choice qualities and the complete absence of what deforms or impresses…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, plant, jateorrhiza, probably, cocculus.
Entasia
noun · 78% connection
Tonic spasm; -- applied generically to denote any disease characterized by tonic spasms, as tetanus, trismus, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, plant, jateorrhiza, probably, cocculus.
Eysell
noun · 78% connection
Same as Eisel. F () F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. Th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, plant, jateorrhiza, probably, cocculus.
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: root, plant, jateorrhiza, probably, cocculus.
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: root, plant, jateorrhiza, probably, cocculus.
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: root, plant, jateorrhiza, probably, cocculus.
Helenin
noun · 78% connection
A neutral organic substance found in the root of the elecampane (Inula helenium), and extracted as a white crystalline or oily materia…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, plant, jateorrhiza, probably, cocculus.
