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root::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | etymon |
| Type of | form, signifier, word form, descriptor |
root::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent |
| Type of | relation, relative |
| Has types | foremother, progenitor, father, forbear, primogenitor, sire, ancestress, forebear, forefather |
root::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | settle, settle down, steady down, take root |
| Type of | stabilise, stabilize |
| Has types | roost |
root::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | beginning, origin, rootage, source |
| Type of | point |
| Has types | wellhead, point of departure, point source, jumping-off place, provenance, provenience, home, headwater, headspring, head, fountainhead, spring, trail head, trailhead, wellspring, derivation, cradle, birthplace, place of origin |
communism's Russian root.
root::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | number |
| Has types | square root, cube root |
root::noun | Spocien Dictionary
(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
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | plant organ |
| Has types | parsnip, adventitious root, briarroot, calamus, carrot, cassava, chicory, chicory root, cocoyam, dasheen, taro, eddo, taproot, hottentot's bread, hottentot bread, prop root, licorice root, pneumatophore, mandrake, mandrake root, manioc, orris, orrisroot, oyster plant, senega, sarsaparilla root, salsify, rootlet, ginseng, radish, horseradish, horseradish root |
| Derivation | rootlet |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | grow |
| Derivation | rooting |
root::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | complex body part, anatomical structure, structure, bodily structure, body structure |
Examples of root
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Water new trees until their root systems become establish which can take a year.
From the orlandosentinel.com
One favorite spice is galangal, a ginger-like root with a spicy, peppery flavor.
From the post-gazette.com
They buy the mortgage investments that were at the root of the financial crisis.
From the kentucky.com
If you want to attack the root cause of low academic performance, think poverty.
From the forbes.com
There needs to be structural changes that address the root cause of the problem.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Throw in some oddly shaped root vegetables, but scatter at random before eating.
From the post-gazette.com
Ginger root is a popular supplement that's often used to treat stomach ailments.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Whatever the root of the problem, I imagine it is culinary rather than personal.
From the telegraph.co.uk
He once performed a root canal on Vlade Divac as the 7-foot-1 center took a nap.
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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
- Take root and begin to grow; "this plant roots quickly"
- Beginning: the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "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"
- Come into existence, originate; "The problem roots in her depression"
- Plant by the roots
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
- In vascular plants, the root is the organ of a plant that typically lies below the surface of the soil. This is not always the case, however, since a root can also be aerial (growing above the ground) or aerating (growing up above the ground or especially above water). ...
- ROOT is an object-oriented program and library developed by CERN. It was originally designed for particle physics data analysis and contains several features specific to this field, but it is also commonly used in other applications such as astronomy and data mining.
- Root! is an Australian rock group from Melbourne formed in 2007. Their music combines alt-country, blues and indie rock with elements of spoken word, satire, social commentary and post-modernism. They have gained attention through a band member being a former member of Melbourne band TISM.
