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ˈrose-root Bot.
[f. rose n. + root n.]
1. One of certain related herbaceous plants, esp. Sedum rhodiola or Rhodiola rosea, growing in rocky districts or on cliffs, the root of which emits a rose-like fragrance when bruised or dried; = rosewort 1.
1597Gerarde Herball 416 Doubtlesse it tooke his name Rhodia radix, of the roote, which smelleth like a Rose: in English Rose roote, and Rose woort. 1611Cotgr., Racine sentant la rose, Rosewort, Roseroot; an hearb. 1786Abercrombie Gard. Assist., Arr. 65 Rhodiola rosea, or rose root. 1806[see rosewort 1]. 1858Kingsley Misc. I. 164 Sea-green rose-root, with its strange fleshy stems and leaves, which mark..the beginning of the Alpine world.
attrib.1855Miss Pratt Flower. Pl. II. 327 Sedum Rhodiola, Rose-root Stone Crop.
†2. = orpine 2. (Cf. rosewort 2.) Obs.
1731Miller Gard. Dict. s.v. Anacampseros, Telephium, or Rhodia Radix; in English, Orpine, Live-ever, or Rose-root. 1753Chambers' Cycl. Suppl. App., Rose-root, a name by which some call the Anacampseros or Orpin. |