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Noun
Definition: (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
Definition: 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"
Definition: (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
Definition: a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number
Definition: the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
Definition: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
Definition: a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
Definition: the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair
Definition: 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.
Definition: An act of sexual intercourse.
Verb
Definition: take root and begin to grow; "this plant roots quickly"
Definition: come into existence, originate; "The problem roots in her depression"
Definition: cheer for; "She roots for the Broncos"
Definition: plant by the roots
Definition: become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down"
Definition: cause to take roots
Definition: To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
Definition: To turn up or dig with the snout.
Definition: To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.)