See Also: soaproot(medicine)

grew (iou) and soaproot (medicine)


grew (iou)



grew noun & adjective. [gru:] ME.
[Old French griu from Latin Graecus GREEK noun & adjective. In sense A.2 abbreviation of grew-hound.]
A. noun.
The Greek language; a Greek. ME-M16.
A greyhound. Scot. & north. M16.
b. adjective. Greek. Long obsolete exc. Scot. in grew-hound [alt. of GREUND], a greyhound. LME.

soaproot (medicine)


soaproot
<botany> A perennial herb (Gypsophila Struthium) the root of which is used in Spain as a substitute for soap.

Source: Websters Dictionary