root climber
— Noun
– English
～ a plant that climbs by its adventitious roots e.g. ivy
root
— Noun
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～ a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
root
— Noun
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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
root canal
— Noun
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～ the passage in the root of a tooth through which its nerve and blood vessels enter the pulp cavity
root crop
— Noun
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～ crop grown for its enlarged roots: e.g. beets; potatoes; turnips
root hair
— Noun
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～ thin hairlike outgrowth of an epidermal cell just behind the tip; absorbs nutrients from the soil
root
— Noun
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～ a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number
root
— Noun
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～ the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair
rootage
— Noun
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～ a developed system of roots
rootage
— Noun
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～ 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"
rootage
— Noun
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～ fixedness by or as if by roots; "strengthened by rootage in the firm soil of faith"
rooter
— Noun
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～ an enthusiastic devotee of sports
rooting reflex
— Noun
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～ reflex consisting of head-turning and sucking movements elicited in a normal infant by gently stroking the side of the mouth or cheek
rooting
— Noun
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～ the process of putting forth roots and beginning to grow
rootlet
— Noun
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～ small root or division of a root
roots
— Noun
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～ the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; "his roots in Texas go back a long way"; "he went back to Sweden to search for his roots"; "his music has African roots"
rootstalk
— Noun
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～ a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure
rootstock
— Noun
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～ a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure
rootstock
— Noun
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～ root or part of a root used for plant propagation; especially that part of a grafted plant that supplies the roots
ridge rope
— Noun
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～ either of a pair of lifelines running alongside the bowsprit of a ship