pink root

noun

, Plant Pathology.

1. a disease of onions and other plants, characterized by pink, withered roots, caused by a fungus, Pyrenochaeta terrestris.

Example Sentences

Take one ounce pink root, and one pint of water.

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If you go to a florist and ask for a sweet pink root, you may get fooled on the label, but when blooming time comes round there will be no difficulty in deciding whether the flower you took on trust was pink or onion.

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Worm seed, two ounces; valerian, rhubarb, pink root, white agaric, senna, of each one ounce and a half.

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