redroot

n : perennial woodland native of North America having a red root

and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leave and white

flower in early spring and having acrid emetic

properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant

[syn: {bloodroot}, {puccoon}, {tetterwort}, {Sanguinaria

canadensis}]

reboot

(From {boot}) A {boot} with the implication

that the computer has not been down for long, or that the

{boot} is a {bounce} intended to clear some state of

{wedgitude}.

See {warm boot}.

(1995-11-27)