root

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An old word that later words come from, for example Latin pater and English father

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A sweet fizzy drink without alcohol flavored with root and herb extracts

The main reason why a problem happens

A channel inside a tooth root that has nerves and blood vessels

A number that when multiplied by itself gives a given number

A cool underground room that keeps vegetables like potatoes and carrots fresh

A cold drink of root beer with a scoop of ice cream

A vegetable that grows under the ground like a carrot or potato

All the parts under the ground of a plant that hold it in soil and take water

The basic form of a word after removing beginnings and endings

A large bumpy root vegetable with a mild celery taste used in cooking

A plant root people believe has magical or healing powers that people sometimes use as a drug

A number that when multiplied by itself twice gives a given number

A disease that makes plant roots soft and brown after too much water

The origin in the past from which something developed

A starchy root vegetable eaten as a main food in tropical regions

A plant root used to add a sweet, slightly bitter flavor to candies, drinks, and medicine

A plant with a large part under the ground that people eat, like a potato or carrot

A group of nerve fibers at the back of the spinal cord that carry messages about feeling into it

A group of nerves at the back of the spine that carries feeling from the body to the spinal cord

People use a dried, roasted root instead of coffee to add flavor

A white root grated to give sauces or meat a strong hot taste

A thin thread on a plant root that takes in water and nutrients from the soil

Many thin roots growing abnormally near a plant's base, often caused by a disease called crown gall

A plant that lives many years with a thick knotted yellow underground stem and large rounded leaves

A part of a plant that grows from a stem or leaf instead of the main root

A white root vegetable like a carrot that you eat raw or cooked

A nerve that comes out of the spinal cord, joins another nerve, and carries messages to and from the body

A part of a plant that grows from the stem above ground and holds the plant in place

A vegetable with a large, round root that people eat instead of potatoes

A tall plant with spikes of small white or purple flowers that lives for many years

A thick bright yellow root used as a spice and traditional medicine

The front branch of a spinal nerve that sends movement signals to muscles

A North American plant with strong tasting roots used to flavor food or as medicine

A small plant with grasslike leaves whose bitter root was used to treat stomach pain

The dried part of a plant used to flavor drinks and herbal medicines

A thick root from the blueberry plant once used in traditional medicine

A fungus that attacks the roots of apple trees and makes them rot

Hard wood from a shrub that people use to make tobacco pipes

A fungus that infects plant roots and causes brown rot in crops like peas or potatoes

Pain, weakness, and numbness in the neck and arm from a pinched nerve

A number that makes a square matrix have determinant zero when subtracted from its diagonal entries

A plant that lives for several years with divided leaves and hanging brown-purple and orange-pink flowers

A hairy plant from Europe and Asia with small yellow flowers and a root used in old medicines

A wildflower without leaves that gets food from fungi and grows from a hard mass of roots underground

A small European plant like cress with knotted white roots that grows in damp places

A North American wild plant with toothed leaves and strong smelling roots used to add taste or to treat illness

A small North American orchid with yellowish-brown flowers marked by dark veins, found from Arizona to the eastern United States

The root of a climbing plant used to make a natural insect poison

A North American orchid with pale yellow or green stems and almost no leaves

A North American plant with small white flowers sometimes used in herbal medicine

A nerve branch at the front of the spinal cord that carries signals to muscles

A family background from a culture that is not White Protestant

A small wild plant with purple flowers that grows in European meadows

A North American wild plant with long clusters of small flowers once used as medicine

A small group of cells at the tip of a plant root that protects it as it grows through soil

A plant that grows up walls using small roots that stick to surfaces

A mountain plant with thick pink-tipped leaves and yellow flowers used in herbal medicine

A plant with almost no leaves and pale yellow-green stems and flowers

A tall plant with blue berries and a thick root used as medicine

A North American plant with strong spicy roots used for food and medicine

A North American plant with bright orange flowers used as a medicine

A North American plant with small white flowers whose roots people use in cough medicines

A plant from eastern North America with small white flowers and roots used in medicine

A rough wild plant from eastern North America with large leaves and purple or dull red flowers

A climbing plant whose root has a poison used to stun fish and kill insects

A small plant with leafless stems that grows in North American forests and has white flowers with purple spots

A tall herb with blue berries and a thick knotty root once used as medicine

A strong-smelling upright plant with toothed leaves and yellow flowers

A forest plant with strong-smelling leaves and yellow flowers

A wildflower with almost no leaves, red stems, and pale pink flowers with brown stripes

A plant with long thin leaves and a bitter root used to treat stomach pain