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Balaustine
noun · 78% connection
The pomegranate tree (Punica granatum). The bark of the root, the rind of the fruit, and the flowers are used medicinally.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, tree, hafts, daggers, were.
Banyan
noun · 78% connection
A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, tree, hafts, daggers, were.
Bo tree
unknown · 78% connection
The peepul tree; esp., the very ancient tree standing at Anurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a slip of the tree under which Gautama is…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, tree, hafts, daggers, were.
Breadfruit
noun · 78% connection
The tree itself, which is one of considerable size, with large, lobed leaves. Cloth is made from the bark, and the timber is used for…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, tree, hafts, daggers, were.
Buttonwood
noun · 78% connection
The Platanus occidentalis, or American plane tree, a large tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; -- called also buttonb…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, tree, hafts, daggers, were.
Calamus
noun · 78% connection
A species of Acorus (A. calamus), commonly called calamus, or sweet flag. The root has a pungent, aromatic taste, and is used in medic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, tree, hafts, daggers, were.
Concubine
noun · 78% connection
A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition. Such were H…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, tree, hafts, daggers, were.
Eradicate
verb · 78% connection
To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, tree, hafts, daggers, were.
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: root, tree, hafts, daggers, were.
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: root, tree, hafts, daggers, were.
Galilee
noun · 78% connection
A porch or waiting room, usually at the west end of an abbey church, where the monks collected on returning from processions, where bo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, tree, hafts, daggers, were.
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, tree, hafts, daggers, were.
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, tree, hafts, daggers, were.
Glycyrrhiza
noun · 78% connection
The root of Glycyrrhiza glabra (liquorice root), used as a demulcent, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, tree, hafts, daggers, were.
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, tree, hafts, daggers, were.
Graft
noun · 78% connection
A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, tree, hafts, daggers, were.
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: root, tree, hafts, daggers, were.
Laurus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of trees including, according to modern authors, only the true laurel (Laurus nobilis), and the larger L. Canariensis of Madei…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: root, tree, hafts, daggers, were.
