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Definition of Muskroot
1. Noun. The root of ''Ferula sumbul'', a tall umbelliferous plant, formerly used in medicine and as a substitute for musk. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Muskroot
1. a perennial herb [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Muskroot
Literary usage of Muskroot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"79 Mushroom poisoning, 365 Mushrooms, edible, 365 Musk, 166 muskroot, 166 Mustard,
175, 530 gas, 175 to 1 88 Mydriasis, causes of, 342 Mydriatics, ..."
2. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1890)
"The Russian Government has sent several physicians to Asia Minor to make experiments
in the treatment of cholera with ferula sumbul, or muskroot, ..."
3. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1908)
"... roots are used to make the oils of lovage-root, elecampane and muskroot;
rootstocks furnish the oils of calamus, ginger, orris root and wild ginger; ..."
4. Origin and History of All the Pharmacopeial Vegetable Drugs, Chemicals and by John Uri Lloyd (1921)
"SUMBUL (muskroot) Official from 1880 to 1910. It is not mentioned in earlier
editions of the USP Musk root, Ferula Sumbul, was first introduced into Russia ..."
5. Practical Materia Medica and Prescription Writing: With Illustrations by Oscar Walter Bethea (1917)
"Apply frequently to irritable surface. SUMBUL. Latin, Sumbul. Eng., Sumbul.
Synonym, muskroot. The rhizome and roots of. Ferula Sumbul. Average Dose. ..."
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