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Lions leaf
A South European plant of the genus Leontice Leontice leontopetalum the tuberous roots of which contain so much alkali that they are sometimes used as a substitute for soap
life of man
An unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant Aralia racemosa distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels it grows from Southeastern North America to Mexico
Polypous
Of the nature of a polypus having many feet or roots like the polypus affected with polypus
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Sanskrit
and to the principal languages of Europe classical and modern and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended is a most important assistance in
VerbarRafflesia
A genus of stemless leafless plants living parasitically upon the roots and stems of grapevines in Malaysia The flowers have a carrionlike odor and are very large in one
Snakeroot
which are or were formerly reputed to be efficacious as remedies for the bites of serpents also the roots of any of these
Inulin
A substance of very wide occurrence It is found dissolved in the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other plants as Inula Helianthus Campanula etc and is extracted by solution
Villenous judgment
juror or witness; forfeited his goods and chattels, and lands for life; wasted the lands, razed the houses, rooted up the trees, and committed his body to prison. It has long become obsolete, 4 Bl. Com. 136;
Liberam legem amittere
witness, to forfeit goods and chattels and lands for life, to have those lands wasted, houses razed, trees rooted up, and one's body committed to prison. It was anciently pronounced against conspirators, but is now disused, the
Lay impropriators
done in former reigns when the alien priories were dissolved and given to the Crown. From these two roots have sprung all the lay impropriations or secular parsonages, they having been afterwards granted out from time to
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