Definition of Coralroots

1. coralroot [n] - See also: coralroot

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coralroots

coralligerous
corallin
coralline
corallines
corallinite
corallinites
corallite
corallites
corallivore
corallivores
coralloid
coralloidal
corally
coralroot
coralroots (current term)
corals
coralwood
coralwort
coralworts
coram
coramine
coramines
coranach
coranachs
corannulene
corannulenes
coranto
corantoes
corantos

Literary usage of Coralroots

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Native Orchids: A Series of Drawings from Nature of All the Species by William Hamilton Gibson, Helena Dewey Leeming Jelliffe (1905)
"The lack of leaves and the general degenerate character of the coralroots seem to indicate that the spur is a survival rather than a forerunner of spurred ..."

2. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"Among the orchids it will be remembered that the coralroots showed the same tendency to take their food "ready-made" rather than to manufacture it ..."

3. Reports of the Survey (1899)
"Among the orchids it will be remembered that the coralroots showed the same tendency to take their food "ready-made" rather than to manufacture it ..."

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