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noun • (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 • the place where something begins, where it springs into being • (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed • a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number • the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation • someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) • a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes • the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair verb • take root and begin to grow • come into existence, originate • cheer for • plant by the roots • dig with the snout • become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style • cause to take roots | ||||||||
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adjective • especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem adjective satellite • of or being the essential or basic part • serving as or forming a base | ||||||||
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noun • a relation that provides the foundation for something • the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained • the most important or necessary part of something | ||||||||
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