chay root

See also: chayroot

English

Alternative forms

• chaya root, chayaroot
• chayroot
• choy root, choyroot
• shaya root

Etymology

From Tamil [Term?].

Noun

chay root (plural chay roots)

1. The root of Oldenlandia umbellata, native to India, which yields a durable red dyestuff.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “chay root”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)