(chiefly Southern US) A person who uses roots and other herbal remedies for healing.

Synonym of blue cohosh

(mathematics) The number which, when squared, yields another number. / (mathematics) The positive number which, when squared, yields another number; the principal square root.

(mathematics) A function which, when applied a given number of times, equals another given function.

(intransitive, literally) To grow roots into soil. / (intransitive, figuratively) To become established, to take hold.

(of a pig, literally) To forage by poking the snout here and there. / To search for something in a similar manner. / (figuratively) To rummage; to look for something in a somewhat aimless fashion.

(mathematics) Of a number or expression, a number or expression the cube of which is equal to the given number or expression.

(phytopathology) Any of several plant fungal diseases caused by having over-wet roots.

A beverage, most often a carbonated soft drink made from a combination of vanilla, cherry tree bark, licorice root, sarsaparilla root, sassafras root bark, nutmeg, anise, and molasses, among other things.

(US) The root of the liquorice plant, Glycyrrhiza glabra, from which a sweet flavoring with an anise scent is extracted. / Glycyrrhiza, especially Glycyrrhiza lepidota (American licorice)