root, n.
(roots)
freq. cnt. 17
(roots)
freq. cnt. 17
(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
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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
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substance meronym
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part meronym
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 25 freq. cnt.: 23 freq. cnt.: 2
base radical root root word stem theme
sample sentences
"thematic vowels are part of the stem"
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the place where something begins, where it springs into being
<noun.location> freq. cnt.: 49 freq. cnt.: 34 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
beginning origin root rootage source
sample sentences
"the Italian beginning of the Renaissance""Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"
"Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"
"communism's Russian root"
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the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 1
root solution
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a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number
<noun.quantity> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
root
a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
<noun.communication>
etymon root
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someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
ancestor antecedent ascendant ascendent root
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the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair
<noun.body>
root
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part holonym
part meronym