Term: orrisroot: fragrant rootstock of various irises especially Florentine iris; used in perfumes and medicines
Broader: root: (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground | Unrelated: bullfinch: common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast
Broader: root: (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground | Unrelated: overhead: a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
Broader: root: (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground | Unrelated: dead-man's-fingers: the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria
Broader: root: (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground | Unrelated: chlamydomonadaceae: green algae some of which are colored red by hematochrome
Broader: root: (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground | Unrelated: detective story: a narrative about someone who investigates crimes and obtains evidence leading to their resolution
Broader: root: (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground | Unrelated: twilight zone: the lowest level of the ocean to which light can reach
Broader: root: (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground | Unrelated: apple: native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits
Broader: root: (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground | Unrelated: glucagon: a hormone secreted by the pancreas; stimulates increases in blood sugar levels in the blood (thus opposing the action of insulin)
Broader: root: (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground | Unrelated: department of transportation: the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966
Broader: root: (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground | Unrelated: haplotype: (genetics) a combination of alleles (for different genes) that are located closely together on the same chromosome and that tend to be inherited together