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Root
n.
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The descending, and commonly branching, axis of a plant, increasing in length by growth at its extremity only, not divided into joints, leafless and without buds, and having for its offices to fix the plant in the earth, to supply it with moisture and soluble matters, and sometimes to serve as a reservoir of nutriment for future growth. A true root, however, may never reach the ground, but may be attached to a wall, etc., as in the ivy, or may hang loosely in the air, as in some epiphytic orchids.
Root
n.
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An edible or esculent root, especially of such plants as produce a single root, as the beet, carrot, etc.; as, the root crop.
Root
n.
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That which resembles a root in position or function, esp. as a source of nourishment or support; that from which anything proceeds as if by growth or development; as, the root of a tooth, a nail, a cancer, and the like.
Root
n.
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An ancestor or progenitor; and hence, an early race; a stem.
Root
n.
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A primitive form of speech; one of the earliest terms employed in language; a word from which other words are formed; a radix, or radical.
Root
n.
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The cause or occasion by which anything is brought about; the source.
Root
n.
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That factor of a quantity which when multiplied into itself will produce that quantity; thus, 3 is a root of 9, because 3 multiplied into itself produces 9; 3 is the cube root of 27.
Root
n.
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The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
Root
n.
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The lowest place, position, or part.
Root
n.
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The time which to reckon in making calculations.
Rooted
imp. & p. p.
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of Root
Rooting
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Root
Root
v. i.
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To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
Root
v. i.
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To be firmly fixed; to be established.
Root
v. t.
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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.
Root
v. t.
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To tear up by the root; to eradicate; to extirpate; -- with up, out, or away.
Rootcap
n.
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A mass of parenchymatous cells which covers and protects the growing cells at the end of a root; a pileorhiza.
Rooted
a.
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Having taken root; firmly implanted; fixed in the heart.
Rooter
n.
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One who, or that which, roots; one that tears up by the roots.
Rootery
n.
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A pile of roots, set with plants, mosses, etc., and used as an ornamental object in gardening.
Rootless
a.
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Destitute of roots.
Rootlet
n.
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A radicle; a little root.
Rootstock
n.
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A perennial underground stem, producing leafly s/ems or flower stems from year to year; a rhizome.
Rooty
a.
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Full of roots; as, rooty ground.
Ropalic
a.
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See Rhopalic.
Rope
n.
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A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See Cordage.
Rope
n.
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A row or string consisting of a number of things united, as by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a rope of onions.
Rope
n.
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The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds.
Roped
imp. & p. p.
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of Rope
Roping
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Rope