💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Root system"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| rootnoun | The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction. |
| radiclenoun | (botany) The rudimentary shoot of a plant which supports the cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward; the root of the embryo. |
| rootballnoun | The mass of roots and associated soil that comes up with a plant lifted from the soil or from a container. |
| rooterynoun | (dated) A stumpery |
| stelenoun | (archaeology) An upright (or formerly upright) slab containing engraved or painted decorations or inscriptions; a stela. |
| ground tissuenoun | (botany) The basic supportive tissues in plants. |
| root hairnoun | (biology) The rhizoid of a vascular plant; a tubular outgrowth of a trichoblast, a hair-forming cell on the epidermis of a plant root. |
| rhizomenoun | (botany) A horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots (scions) from its nodes. |
| rootstalknoun | (botany) Synonym of rhizome. |
| root nodulenoun | (botany) A specialized organ that forms on the roots of certain plants, primarily legumes, as a result of a symbiotic interaction between the plant and nitrogen-fixing bacteria known as rhizobia, allowing the plant to obtain nitrogen directly from the atmosphere. |
| rootstocknoun | (agriculture) A healthy and vigorous-rooted plant that is used in grafting, most commonly as a sound base to support a scion that bears desirable fruit in orchard culture. |
| stemnoun | The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors. |
| rhizotaxisnoun | (botany) The arrangement of the roots of plants. |
| crownnoun | (clothing, monarchy) A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem. |
| radixnoun | (mathematics) The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as ten for decimal. |
| radicationnoun | The process of taking root, or state of being rooted. |
| aerial rootnoun | (botany) Any adventitious root that grows from a plant stem above ground. |
| rhizoidnoun | (botany) A rootlike structure in fungi and some plants that acts as support and/or aids the absorption of nutrients. |
| rootcapnoun | Alternative form of root cap. [(botany) A cap of cells covering the growing extremity of a root;] |
| buttress-rootnoun | Alternative spelling of buttress root [A root growing from the above-ground stem or trunk, and providing support.] |
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