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roots::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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his roots in Texas go back a long way.
he went back to Sweden to search for his roots.
his music has African roots.
Examples of roots
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In 2006, he was calling for Republicans to get back to their conservative roots.
From the dailyherald.com
If you can find cilantro with the roots still attached, use them in this recipe.
From the stltoday.com
I have nothing against the festivals that celebrate one's roots, one's heritage.
From the washingtontimes.com
Some al-Qaida leaders, notably Ayman al-Zawahri, have roots in the organization.
From the sacbee.com
Proud of his middle-class roots, he has an instinctive feel for the public mood.
From the newsday.com
She talks with NEWSWEEK about rising from Zambian roots to the heights of Davos.
From the newsweek.com
At the same time, roots are not able to absorb moisture when the soil is frozen.
From the kansas.com
After four generations on the move, Renato Joner's family is putting down roots.
From the businessweek.com
Jan Kotch's Silent Witness is an expressive tree, its roots exposed and gnarled.
From the dispatch.com
- (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.
