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chinaroot

chinaroot is the alternative form of China root.

Meaning of China root

Noun

China root (countable and uncountable, plural China roots)

  1. An East Asian plant of species Smilax glabra and the drugs made from the root, used in traditional Chinese medicine and formerly as a treatment for syphilis.
    • In his first report on the condition of the island he informed the King that "sugar, ginger, indigo, cotton, tobacco, dyeing woods and cocoa may be had and are produced as well as anywhere ; but pimento, chinaroots, aloes, rhubarb, sarsaparilla, tamarinds, cassia, vaignillios, hides and tallow are...1893, The Handbook of Jamaica, page 44
  2. An East Asian liana of species Smilax china.

Forms of chinaroot

pluralchinaroots

Questions about chinaroot

What is chinaroot the alternative form of?
Chinaroot is the alternative form of China root.

Words near chinaroot in the dictionary

  1. Chinaperson
  2. Chinapersons
  3. Chinaphobia
  4. chinaphthol
  5. chinar
  6. chinaroot
  7. chinaroots
  8. Chinarra
  9. chinars
  10. chinas
  11. Chinatown

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