The underground part of a cannabis plant – roots function to absorb water and nutrients as well as anchor a plant in the ground or to start rooting a cutting or clone.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
root (noun)1.
a) the usually underground part of a seed plant body that originates usually from the hypocotyl, functions as an organ of absorption, aeration, and food storage or as a means of anchorage and support, and differs from a stem especially in lacking nodes, buds, and leaves
b) any subterranean plant part (as a true root or a bulb, tuber, , or other modified stem) especially when fleshy and edible - rootstock
2.
a) the part of a tooth within the socket , also any of the processes into which this part is often divided - see tooth illustration
b) the enlarged basal part of a hair within the skin
c) the proximal end of a nerve
d) the part of an organ or physical structure by which it is attached to the body - the root of the tongue
3.
a) something that is an origin or source (as of a condition or quality) - the love of money is the root of all evil 1 Timothy 6:10(Authorized Version)
b) one or more progenitors of a group of descendants - usually used in plural
c) an underlying support - basis
d) the essential core - heart often used in the phrase at root
e) close relationship with an environment - tie usually used in plural they put down roots in a farming community
4.
a) a quantity taken an indicated number of times as an equal factor - 2 is a fourth root of 16
b) a number that reduces an equation to an identity when it is substituted for one variable
5.
a) the lower part - base
b) the part by which an object is attached to something else
6.
the simple element inferred as the basis from which a word is derived by phonetic change or by extension (as composition or the addition of an affix or inflectional ending)
7.
the lowest tone of a chord (as C in a C minor chord) when the tones are arranged in ascending thirds origin
transitive verb
1.
a) to furnish with or enable to develop - roots
b) to fix or implant by or as if by roots
2.
intransitive verb
to remove altogether by or as if by pulling out by the roots - usually used with out root out dissenters
1.
to grow roots or take root
2.
to have an origin or base
intransitive verb
1.
to turn up or dig in the earth with the snout - grub
2.
transitive verb
to poke or dig about to turn over, dig up, or discover and bring to light - usually used with out root out the cause of the problem
intransitive verb
1.
to noisily applaud or encourage a contestant or team - cheer
2.
to wish the success of or lend support to someone or something
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Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
root (noun)1.
a point or place at which something is invented or provided
SYNONYMS:
cradle, font, fountain, fountainhead, origin, root, seedbed, spring, well, wellspringRELATED WORDS:
beginning, commencement, dawn, day one, genesis, get-go ( git-go), inception, incipience, incipiency, kickoff, launch, morning, nascence, nascency, onset, outset, start, threshold; baseline, first base, ground zero, square one2.
the source from which something grows or develops
SYNONYMS:
fountainhead, germ, origin, root, seedbedRELATED WORDS:
font, fountain, spring, well, wellhead, wellspring; beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, genesis, inception, incipiency, launch, morning, onset, outset, start, threshold; creation, inauguration, origination3.
an immaterial thing upon which something else rests
SYNONYMS:
basis, bedrock, bottom, cornerstone, footing, foundation, ground, groundwork, keystone, root, underpinning, warp, warp and woofRELATED WORDS:
anchorage, bed, brace, bulwark, buttress, framework, infrastructure, mount, prop, shore, stay, substratum, substructure, support; assumption, justification, premise ( premiss), presumption, presupposition, rationale, supposition, theory, thesis, warrant; backbone, center, core, cornerstone, eye, focus, heart, hub, kernel, keystone, nucleus, seat; essence, quintessence, soul, touchstone4.
the central part or aspect of something under consideration
SYNONYMS:
bottom line, bull's-eye, centerpiece, core, essence, gist, heart, kernel, keynote, meat, meat and potatoes, net, nub, nubbin, nucleus, pith, pivot, point, root, sumRELATED WORDS:
course, direction, drift, tenor; body, content, substance; hypothesis, proposition, purport, subject, theme, thesisto set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter
SYNONYMS:
bed, embed ( imbed), enroot, fix, impact, implant, ingrain ( engrain), lodge, rootRELATED WORDS:
imbue, infuse, instill; beat (into), drive (into); establish, place, put, settle, stickNEAR ANTONYMS:
eliminate, eradicate; eject, expel; detach, disconnect, disengage, remove1.
to destroy all traces of
SYNONYMS:
abolish, black out, blot out, cancel, clean (up), efface, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, liquidate, obliterate, root (out), rub out, snuff (out), stamp (out), sweep (away), wipe outRELATED WORDS:
decimate, demolish, destroy, devastate, ravage; dismantle, flatten, mow (down), raze, tear down; ruin, total, waste, wreck; blast, blow up, dash, dynamite, smash; atomize, consume, devour, dissolve, fragment, powder, pulverize, shatter, splinter; doom, finish, kill, kill off, terminate, zap; cancel, cut, discard, ditch, eject, excise, expel, jettison, oust, throw outNEAR ANTONYMS:
conserve, preserve, protect, save; build, construct, create, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, make, manufacture, shape; fix, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renew, renovate, repair, restore, revamp2.
to draw out by force or with effort
SYNONYMS:
corkscrew, prize, pry, pull, root (out), tear (out), uproot, wrest, wring, yankRELATED WORDS:
mine, pluck, remove, take (out), withdrawNEAR ANTONYMS:
implant, insert, install, instill; cram, jam, ram, stuff, wedge3.
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
SYNONYMS:
ascertain, descry, detect, determine, dig out, dig up, discover, dredge (up), ferret (out), find out, get, hit (on upon), hunt (down up), learn, locate, nose out, root (out), rout (out), rummage, run down, scare up, scout (up), track (down), turn upRELATED WORDS:
espy, sight, spot; look for, search (for out), seekNEAR ANTONYMS:
lose, mislay, misplace, missetRoot (Wikipedia)
In vascular plants, the roots are the organs of a plant that are modified to provide anchorage for the plant and take in water and nutrients into the plant body, which allows plants to grow taller and faster. They are most often below the surface of the soil, but roots can also be aerial or aerating, that is, growing up above the ground or especially above water.
Root (Wiktionary)
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: ro͞ot, IPA(key): /ɹuːt/
- (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /ɹʉt/
- (Midwestern US) IPA(key): /ɹʊt/
- Rhymes: -uːt, -ʊt
- Homophones: route (some pronunciations), rute
Etymology 1
From Middle English rote, root, roote (“the underground part of a plant”), from late Old English rōt, from Old Norse rót (“
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