English > root: 15 senses > noun 1, plant| Meaning | (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground. |
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| Category | botany, phytology | The branch of biology that studies plants |
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| Part of | rootage, root system | A developed system of roots |
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| Parts | bark | tough / tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants |
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| root cap | thimble-shaped mass of cells covering and protecting the growing tip of a root |
| root hair | Thin hairlike outgrowth of an epidermal cell just behind the tip |
| Narrower | Hottentot bread, Hottentot's bread | Thick edible rootstock / rootstock of elephant's-foot |
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| adventitious root | root growing in an unusual location e.g. from a stem |
| briarroot | Hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea |
| calamus | The aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally |
| carrot | Deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant |
| cassava, manioc | cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching |
| chicory, chicory root | The dried root of the chicory plant |
| ginseng | aromatic root of ginseng plants |
| horseradish, horseradish root | The root of the horseradish plant |
| licorice root | root of licorice used in flavoring e.g. candy and liqueurs and medicines |
| mandrake root, mandrake | The root of the mandrake plant |
| orrisroot, orris | fragrant rootstock / rootstock of various irises especially Florentine iris |
| parsnip | The whitish root of cultivated parsnip |
| pneumatophore | An air-filled root (submerged or exposed) that can function as a respiratory organ of a marsh or swamp plant |
| prop root | A root that grows from and supports the stem above the ground in plants such as mangroves |
| radish | pungent edible root of any of various cultivated radish plants |
| rootlet | small root or division of a root |
| salsify, oyster plant | edible root of the salsify plant |
| sarsaparilla root | dried root of any of various plants of the genus Smilax used as a flavoring agent |
| senega | dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin |
| taproot | (botany) main root of a plant growing straight downward from the stem |
| taro, cocoyam, dasheen, eddo | edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants |
| Broader | plant organ | A functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus |
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| Substances | parenchyma | The primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of cell division even when mature |
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| Spanish | raíz |
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| Catalan | arrel |
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| Nouns | rootlet | small root or division of a root |
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| Verbs | root | take root and begin to grow |
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| root | plant by the roots |
English > root: 15 senses > noun 2, location| Meaning | The place where something begins, where it springs into being. |
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| Example | "communism's Russian root" |
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| Synonyms | beginning, origin, rootage, source |
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| Narrower | birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience | Where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence |
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| derivation | The source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues) |
| fountainhead, headspring, head | The source of water from which a stream arises |
| headwater | The source of a river |
| home | place where something began and flourished |
| jumping-off place, point of departure | A place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched |
| point source | A concentrated source (especially of radiation or pollution) that is spatially constricted |
| spring | A point at which water issues forth |
| trail head, trailhead | The beginning of a trail |
| wellhead, wellspring | The source of water for a well |
| Broader | point | The precise location of something |
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| Spanish | fuente, germen, nacimiento, origen, principio, raíz, venero |
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| Catalan | arrel, germen, naixement, origen, procedència |
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| Verbs | root | come into existence, originate |
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