† master-rootn.
Obsolete.
1. The main root of a plant.
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rootc1175
master-rootc1330
rootinga1400
radix1558
leg1597
taproot1601
top-root1651
tuberous root1668
heart-root1669
pivot1725
spill1766
tap1796
tutty-more1873
pneumatophore1891
stem root1901
heart-root1903
c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) 469 Of the maister rote hit is Out isprong..þat fore þat olde tre les his pride.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. vi. 664 Two or three foote from the principall or maister roote.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 513 The more..safe way..was rather to cut the stocke and maister Root.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Vivacious They are obliged to take some [Roots] away,..to disburthen the Master-Root of them.
1742 W. Ellis Timber-tree Improved (ed. 3) II. iv. 63 Bare some of the Master-roots of a vigorous Tree.
2. The masterwort, Peucedanum ostruthium. rare.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > medicinal and culinary plants > medicinal and culinary plant or part of plant > [noun] > masterwort
masterwort1523
pellitory1544
master-root1599
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific plant > masterwort
masterwort1523
master-root1599
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 221/2 In like sorte is also verye good heervnto the Masterroote.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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