Look up: Root

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   Root
   the portion of the plant usually found below ground. They are distinguished from stems by not having nodes.
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   Usually the below ground portion of a plant. Contrast with shoot.
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   Root
   The root is that part of a plant which is below or in the soil and serves to attach the plant to the soil, and conveys nourishment from the soil to the plant.
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   Root is a township in Adams County Indiana, USA Root is a town in Montgomery County New York, USA
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   Root is slang for cannabis.
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   The part of a tooth embedded in the jaw. Teeth may have from 1 to 5 roots.
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   [n] - a number that when multiplied by itself some number of times equals a given number 2. [n] - the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes 3. [n] - (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed 4. [n] - the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support 5. [v] - come into existence, originate 6. [v] - plant by the roots 7. [v] - cause to take roots 8. [v] - take root
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   The letter-name reference note for A chord
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   The System Administrator account on a UNIX system.
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    A root of a polynomial function, f, is just a solution to the equation f(x) = 0, that is an input that yields an output of 0.The Nth root of a number, is that which when multiplied by itself N times produces the desired number. The square root or 2^nd root of 4 is 2 (2 x 2 = 4). The cube (3rd) root of 27 is 9 (3 x 3 x 3 =9). See also: Cub...
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    root
    that part of a word that is left when all affixes have been removed ( industry is the root of preindustrial).
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    1. (operating system) The Unix superuser account (with user name 'root' and user ID 0) that overrides file permissions. The term avatar is also used. By extension, the privileged system-maintenance login on any operating system. See root mode, go root, wheel. [Jargon File] (1994-10-27) 2. (operating system) root directory. (1996-11-21) 3. (data) ...
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    a meaningful morpheme recurring with affixes or replacives in grammatically different forms Category: Language and literature • the points,as shown in cross section,at which the bottom of the weld intersects the base material surfaces Category: The chemical industry
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    Definition (keystage 3) The square root of x , x , is what you have to square in order to get x ; the cube root of x , x 3 , is what you have to cube in order to get x ; etc. We can talk about the nth root of x , x n , which is what you have to raise to the nth power in order to get x . In more advanced mathematics n need not even be a whole number ...
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    Root intransitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon wrōtan ; akin to wrōt a snout, trunk, Dutch wroeten to root, German rüssel snout, trunk, proboscis, Icelandic rōta to root, and perhaps to Latin rodere to gnaw (E. rodent ) or to English root , noun ] 1. To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine. 2. Hence, to see ...
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    Root transitive verb To turn up or to dig out with the snout; as, the swine roots the earth.
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    Root noun [ Icelandic rōt (for vrōt ); akin to English wort , and perhaps to root to turn up the earth. See Wort .] 1. (Botany) (a) The underground portion of a plant, whether a true root or a tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in the potato, the onion, or the sweet flag. (b) The descending, and commonly branching, axis of ...
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    Root (rōt) intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Rooted ; present participle & verbal noun Rooting .] 1. To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow. « In deep grounds the weeds root deeper.» Mortimer. 2. To be firmly fixed; to be establish ...
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    Root transitive verb 1. To plant and fix deeply in the earth, or as in the earth; to implant firmly; hence, to make deep or radical; to establish; -- used chiefly in the participle; as, rooted trees or forests; rooted dislike. 2. To tear up by the root; to eradicate; to extirpate; -- with up , out , or away . 'I will go root away the nois ...
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    Root intransitive verb [ Confer Rout to roar.] To shout for, or otherwise noisly applaud or encourage, a contestant, as in sports; hence, to wish earnestly for the success of some one or the happening of some event, with the superstitious notion that this action may have efficacy; -- usually with for ; as, the crowd rooted for the home team. [ Slang or Cant, U. S.]
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    <botany> The water- and mineral-absorbing part of a plant which is usually underground, does not bear leaves, tends to grow downwards and is typically derived from the radicle of the embryo. ... See: adventitious. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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    tooth root noun the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support
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    root word noun (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; `thematic vowels are part of the stem`
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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
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    noun a number that when multiplied by itself some number of times equals a given number
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