squaw-root

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• Squaw

  ·noun A female; a woman; — in the language of Indian tribes of the Algonquin family, correlative of...

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• squaw

  (Narragansett Indian.) An Indian woman. Mr. Duponceau, after giving a list of the languages and form...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• squaw

  A woman of the North American Indians. ...

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• Root

  ·noun The lowest place, position, or part. II. Root ·vi To be firmly fixed; to be established. III...

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• Squaw man

  ·add. ·- A white man who has married an Indian squaw; sometimes, one who has gained tribal rights by...

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• Squaw vine

  ·add. ·- The partridge berry (Mitchella repens). ...

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• old-squaw

  The popular name of a brown duck, one of the most common throughout North America, the long-tailed D...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• squaw-weed

  (Lat. senecio obovatus.) A medicinal plant used for diseases of the skin. ...

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• Alum root

  ·- A North American herb (Heuchera Americana) of the Saxifrage family, whose root has astringent pro...

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• Cahinca root

  ·add. ·- The root of an American shrub (Chiococca racemosa), found as far north as Florida Keys, fro...

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• Chay root

  ·- The root of the Oldenlandia umbellata, native in India, which yieds a durable red dyestuff. ...

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• Choy root

  ·- ·see Chay root. ...

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• Culver's root

  ·add. ·- The root of a handsome erect herb (Leptandra, syn. Veronica, Virginica) common in most mois...

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• bread-root

  (Psoralea esculenta.) A plant resembling the beet in form, which is found near the Rocky mountains, ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• red-root

  A shrub found upon the prairies near the Rocky Mountains, highly esteemed as a substitute for tea. I...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• stone-root

  (Lat. Collinconia Canadensis.) A plant used in medicine. Its properties are diuretic and stomachic. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.