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(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
<noun.plant>   freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 11

root more info
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derivationally related form
rootlet root root
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domain of synset (topic)
botany, phytology
hyponym
calamus taro, cocoyam, dasheen, eddo ginseng horseradish, horseradish root radish chicory, chicory root salsify, oyster plant Hottentot bread, Hottentot's bread briarroot orrisroot, orris sarsaparilla root licorice root senega mandrake root, mandrake cassava, manioc carrot parsnip pneumatophore taproot adventitious root rootlet prop root
hypernym
plant organ
substance meronym
parenchyma
part holonym
rootage, root system
part meronym
root cap root hair bark