roserootn.
/ˈrəʊzruːt/, U.S. /ˈroʊzˌrut/, /ˈroʊzˌrʊt/ 1. The root of a rose plant.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > rose and allied flowers > rose > part of
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c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 124 Heil briht Braunche of Rose rote, Of þe sprong a sauour swote.
1835 Gardener's Mag. Feb. 85 The cleft-grafting of roses on briar or rose roots is recommended.
1883 Florist & Pomologist Jan. 4/2 The quality of the Rose-buds and blossoms, and the character of their growth, must largely be determined by the number and activity of the Rose roots during winter.
1973 Jrnl. Range Managem. 26 261/3 Rose roots occur in the surface layers [of the soil] and reproduction is by rhizomes.
1997 J. Updike Toward End of Time 334 She cannot mound up the roses until the ground freezes; otherwise, mice burrow and nest in the tilth beneath the mulch and eat the rose roots.
2. More fully roseroot stonecrop. A yellow-flowered stonecrop, Rhodiola rosea (formerly Sedum rhodiola), found in rocky habitats and on cliffs in north temperate regions, the root of which emits a rose-like fragrance when bruised or dried; = rosewort n. 1.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Crassulaceae (stonecrop and allies) > [noun] > stonecrop > rose-root
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1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 426 Doubtlesse it tooke his name Rhodia radix, of the roote, which smelleth like a Rose: in English Rose roote, and Rose woort.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Racine sentant la rose, Rosewort, Roseroot; an hearb.
1786 J. Abercrombie Arrangem. Plants 65 in Gardeners Daily Assistant Rhodiola rosea, or rose root.
1855 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. II. 327 Sedum Rhodiola, Rose-root Stone Crop.
1858 C. Kingsley Chalk-stream Stud. in Misc. (1860) I. 164 Sea-green rose-root, with its strange fleshy stems and leaves, which mark..the beginning of the Alpine world.
1871 W. Sutherland Handbk. Hardy Herbaceous & Alpine Flowers 127 Rhodiola rosea (Roseroot Stonecrop).—This is a well-known old-fashioned border-plant, common in many cottage gardens.
1892 J. C. Sawer Odorographia 48 The root of Rhodiola rosea, or ‘Rose-root’, when bruised, and even when dried, yields a rose-like scent.
1911 Trans. Worcs. Naturalists' Club 4 34 Sedum reflexum..[and] Sedum Rhodiola (Rose-root Stonecrop) were found, and a white flowered form of this last was later observed at Hadley.
1998 M. Primrose & M. Zinck Wildflowers Nova Scotia 39 Roseroot resembles no other species with which it grows. Its succulent nature..serves to protect moisture loss in such inhospitable environments.
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ice plant1818
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wall grass1882
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1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I Anacampseros, Telephium, or Rhodia Radix, Orpine, Live-ever, or Rose-root.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. Rose-root, a name by which some call the Anacampseros or Orpin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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