| ARROWROOTS | • arrowroots n. Plural of arrowroot. • arrow-roots n. Plural of arrow-root (alternative form of arrowroots). • ARROWROOT n. a West Indian plant with fleshy tuberous rhizomes; a pure edible starch made from this. |
| BIRTHROOTS | • birthroots n. Plural of birthroot. • BIRTHROOT n. a herbaceous plant with an astringent rootstock, said to have medicinal properties, also BIRTHWORT. |
| BLOODROOTS | • bloodroots n. Plural of bloodroot. • BLOODROOT n. a plant with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring, aka puccoon, redroot. |
| BREADROOTS | • breadroots n. Plural of breadroot. • BREADROOT n. the edible root of a leguminous plant, found near the Rocky Mountains, aka prairie turnip. |
| BRIARROOTS | • briar-roots n. Plural of briar-root. • BRIARROOT n. the root of a briar, also BRIERROOT. |
| BRIERROOTS | • BRIERROOT n. the root of a briar, also BRIARROOT. |
| CHINAROOTS | • chinaroots n. Plural of chinaroot. • china-roots n. Plural of china-root. • china␣roots n. Plural of china root. |
| COLICROOTS | • colicroots n. Plural of colicroot. • COLICROOT n. a herb of the bloodwort family, with small yellow or white flowers in a long spike. |
| CORALROOTS | • coralroots n. Plural of coralroot. • CORALROOT n. a kind of orchid. |
| FEVERROOTS | • feverroots n. Plural of feverroot. • FEVERROOT n. an American wild plant. |
| GRASSROOTS | • grassroots adj. Of, or relating to people or society at the local level, particularly in politics, social movements… • grass-roots adj. Alternative spelling of grassroots. • grass␣roots n. (Idiomatic) People and society at the local (most basic) level rather than at the national centre of… |
| ORRISROOTS | • orrisroots n. Plural of orrisroot. • ORRISROOT n. the root of orris, used in perfumery. |
| PUTTYROOTS | • puttyroots n. Plural of puttyroot. • PUTTYROOT n. an American orchidaceous plant which flowers in early summer. |
| SNAKEROOTS | • snakeroots n. Plural of snakeroot. • SNAKEROOT n. bistort, milkwort, or any other plant whose root has been thought good for snakebites. |
| SQUAWROOTS | • squawroots n. Plural of squawroot. • squaw␣roots n. Plural of squaw root. • SQUAWROOT n. a scaly parasitic plant found in oak woods in the United States. |