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Definition of hollow root

hollow root
Moschatel Mos"cha*tel`, n. [Gr. ? musk: cf. F. moscatelline. See Muscadel, Musk.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Adoxa (A. moschatellina), the flowers of which are pale green, and have a faint musky smell. It is found in woods in all parts of Europe, and is called also hollow root and musk crowfoot. --Loudon.
Hollow root
Hollow Hol"low, a. [OE. holow, holgh, holf, AS. holh a hollow, hole. Cf. Hole.] 1. Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere. Hollow with boards shalt thou make it. --Ex. xxvii. 8. 2. Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken. With hollow eye and wrinkled brow. --Shak. 3. Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar. --Dryden. 4. Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend. --Milton. Hollow newel (Arch.), an opening in the center of a winding staircase in place of a newel post, the stairs being supported by the wall; an open newel; also, the stringpiece or rail winding around the well of such a staircase. Hollow quoin (Engin.), a pier of stone or brick made behind the lock gates of a canal, and containing a hollow or recess to receive the ends of the gates. Hollow root. (Bot.) See Moschatel. Hollow square. See Square. Hollow ware, hollow vessels; -- a trade name for cast-iron kitchen utensils, earthenware, etc. Syn: Syn.- Concave; sunken; low; vacant; empty; void; false; faithless; deceitful; treacherous.

Meaning of hollow root from wikipedia

- branches that may connect the root canals to each other or to the surface of the root. At the center of every tooth is a hollow area that houses soft tissues...
- Celeriac (Apium graveolens var. rapaceum), also called celery root, **** celery, and turnip-rooted celery (although it is not a close relative of the turnip)...
- plant are alkaloidal but the highest concentrations are present in the hollow root tuber. Corydalis cava and some other tuberous species contain the alkaloid...
- tooth from ****ure microbial invasion. Root canals, and their ****ociated pulp chamber, are the physical hollows within a tooth that are naturally inhabited...
- weak root will show up the same way as other root types (with doubled stems in most other dialects but with hollow stems in Moroccan Arabic). Hollow roots...
- the years as the root bridge becomes stronger. Some living root bridges are grown by training young rubber fig roots through the hollowed-out trunks of areca...
- third root is usually a hollow root marker due to being a vowel spelling rather than one of any consonant, and is only considered a guttural root in the...
- ʼaḍāfa "he added, attached", verb form IV from the root ض-ي-ف ḍ-y-f (Form I: ضاف ḍāfa) (a hollow root). In this conceptualization, the possessed thing (the...
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- an annual or short-lived perennial herb growing a hollow stem up to 70 centimeters tall. The root system has a series of tuber-like parts at the base...