ABSP - Root, Bark & Fibre

Root, Bark & Fibre

Words

aesculin	a glucoside found in horse-chestnut bark.
amole	a plant root used as a substitute for soap.
angostura	a bitter aromatic bark.
arghan	PITA fibre, or the plant yielding it.
asarum	the dried root of the wild ginger. [L. asarum, asarabacca].
azedarach	the stringent bark of the chinaberry, used as an emetic and cathartic.
briarroot+ brierroot	the root of the briar.
calisaya	a variety of Peruvian bark, aka cinchona bark.
calumba	the dried root of a tree native to E. Africa and Madagascar, used as a bitter tonic. [Perhaps from Colombo in Sri Lanka, erroneously regarded as the source].
cantala	a coarse fibre used in making strong thread or twine.
cascara	the bark of the California buckthorn, used as a mild cathartic or laxative.
chayroot	the root of the CHAY, an Indian plant of the madder family.
codilla	the coarse tow of flax and hemp.
coir kyar	a material for cordage, matting, etc., consisting of the prepared fiber of the outer husk of the coconut.
cork	the outer bark of the cork tree, a species of oak.
corkiness	the state of being CORKY.
corklike	like CORK.
corky	of or resembling cork > CORKIER, CORKIEST.
costus	an aromatic root of the ginger family > COSTUSES.
cullay quillaia quillaja quillai	the bark of a rosaceous tree native to Chile, commonly used by the Chilians instead of soap.
filasse	vegetable fibre prepared for manufacture.
flittern	bark obtained from young oak trees.
galanga galangal galengale galingale	the aromatic rootstock of certain E Indian plants of the ginger family.
gingerroot	the root of the ginger plant.
hards	the coarse or refuse flax or hemp. Also HURDS.
hempen	made of hemp; as, a hempen cord.
hemplike	like hemp.
hempy	like hemp; (noun) a tomboy.
hurds	the coarse part of flax or hemp. N.B. no HURD*. Also HARDS.
ipecac ipecacuanha	the dried root of various S. American plants, used as a purgative, expectorant and emetic. [Portugese from Tupi].
istle ixtle	a fibre obtained from the agave.
jalap jalop	the purgative root of a Mexican plant.
jalapic	pertaining to JALAP, the purgative root of a Mexican plant.
jute	a fibre obtained from the phloem of two plants of the linden family, used for making ropes.
jutelike	like JUTE.
kapok	a very light, waterproof, oily fibre covering the seeds of a species of silk-cotton tree, used for stuffing pillows etc. [Malay kapuk].
kyar	see COIR.
lint	cotton fibre; flax.
linter	short fibers clinging to cotton seeds after the first ginning.
linty	like lint > LINTIER, LINTIEST.
manila	a kind of fibre used for making rope. [From Manila, capital of the Philippines].
mishmee mishmi	the bitter root of an Assamese gold-thread plant, with tonic properties.
moorva murva	bowstring hemp.
orrisroot	the root of ORRIS, used in perfumery.
pachak putchock putchuk	costus-root.
phelloid	cork-like.
pita	the fibre of various species of bromelia. [Quechua pita, fine thread].
pulu	a silky fibre from the Hawaiian tree-fern.
putchock	see PACHAK.
putchuk	see PACHAK.
quercetic	of or like QUERCETIN.
quercetin quercitin	a yellow crystalline compound obtained from the inner bark of the QUERCITRON oak.
quercitron	the yellow inner bark of the various oak trees.
quillai	see CULLAY.
quillaia	see CULLAY.
quillaja	see CULLAY.
salep	dried orchid tubers; a food or drug prepared from them.
salicin salicine	a bitter crystalline glucoside obtained from willow-bark, etc and used medicinally as an analgesic, etc.
sanguinaria	the dried rhizome of the bloodroot Sanguinaria used as an emetic.
sassy sassywood	the bark of a West African leguminous tree, used by the natives as an ordeal poison, and also medicinally; (adj.) impertinent > SASSIER, SASSIEST.
seneca senega	the dried root of a N. American milkwort, used medicinally.
sisal	a fibre used for making rope.
suber	the bark of the cork tree. [L. suber, cork].
subereous	of cork.
suberin	a compound found in cork.
suberise suberize	to deposit SUBERIN, thus forming cork.
suberose suberous	pertaining to cork.
tanbark	a tree bark used as a source of tannin.
tow	prepared fibres of flax, hemp etc.
towy	pertaining to TOW > TOWIER, TOWIEST.
turbeth turbith turpeth	the root of Ipomea turpethum, a plant of Ceylon, used as a purgative.
watap watape wattape	a fibre or thread made by some N. American Indian peoples from the split roots of conifers, esp. white spruce. [Cree watapiy].
wattlebark	the bark of various acacias, used for tanning.

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