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Root system

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rootnounThe 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.
rootballnounThe 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.
stemnounThe 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.
radicationnounThe 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.
rootcapnounAlternative form of root cap. [(botany) A cap of cells covering the growing extremity of a root;]
buttress-rootnounAlternative spelling of buttress root [A root growing from the above-ground stem or trunk, and providing support.]

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