Words ending with root
4 letter words ending with root
- root — Elihu [el-uh-hyoo] /ˈɛl əˌhyu/ (Show IPA), 1845–1937, U.S. lawyer and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1912.
- aerial root — a root that grows from the stem of a plant, above ground or above water
- bowman's root — an eastern U.S. plant, Gillenia trifoliata, of the rose family, having terminal clusters of white flowers.
- brace root — prop root.
- buttress root — a tree root that extends above ground as a platelike outgrowth of the trunk supporting the tree. Buttress roots are mainly found in trees of tropical rain forests
5 letter words ending with root
6 letter words ending with root
- chroot — (operating system) The UNIX command to make the root directory (/) become something other than its default for the lifetime of the current process. It can only be run by privileged users and is used to give a process (commonly a network server such as FTP or HTTP) access to a restricted portion of the file system. The new root contains copies of all the essential files and directories, e.g. /lib, /dev/tty, /tmp.
- enroot — (usually, of a plant) To take root.
- unroot — to uproot.
- uproot — to pull out by or as if by the roots: The hurricane uprooted many trees and telephone poles.
7 letter words ending with root
8 letter words ending with root
- alumroot — any of several North American plants of the saxifragaceous genus Heuchera, having small white, reddish, or green bell-shaped flowers and astringent roots
- beetroot — Beetroot is a dark red root that is eaten as a vegetable. It is often preserved in vinegar.
- chayroot — the root of a chay plant, used to dye textiles a deep-red colour
- clubroot — a disease of cabbages and related plants, caused by the fungus Plasmodiophora brassicae, in which the roots become thickened and distorted
- knotroot — Chinese artichoke.
9 letter words ending with root
- arrowroot — Arrowroot is a substance obtained from a West Indian plant. It is used in cooking, for example for thickening sauces or in making biscuits.
- bare-root — of or relating to a tree or shrub prepared for transplanting by having all or most of the soil removed from about its roots.
- birthroot — any of several North American plants of the genus Trillium, esp T. erectum, whose tuber-like roots were formerly used by the Native Americans as an aid in childbirth: family Trilliaceae
- bloodroot — a North American papaveraceous plant, Sanguinaria canadensis, having a single whitish flower and a fleshy red root that yields a red dye
- breadroot — a leguminous plant, Psoralea esculenta, of central North America, having an edible starchy root
10 letter words ending with root
- bitterroot — a pink flower with an edible root found growing in America
- cancerroot — any parasitic plant of the genus Orobanche, especially O. uniflora, of North America, having pale, leafless stalks bearing a single white or purplish flower.
- cankerroot — goldthread.
- dragonroot — a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
- fingerroot — A plant related to ginger, Boesenbergia rotunda, with finger-like roots used as a spice.
11 letter words ending with root
- crinkleroot — any of several species of the toothwort Dentaria, esp D. diphylla of E North America, which has a fleshy pungent rhizome and clusters of white or pinkish flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- orange-root — a plant, Hydrastis canadensis, of the buttercup family, having a thick yellow rootstock.
12 letter words ending with root
- papoose-root — the blue cohosh. See under cohosh.
15 letter words ending with root
- rheumatism-root — spotted wintergreen.
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