Definitions
take root and begin to grow
Word origin
From Middle English rote, root, roote (“the underground part of a plant”), from late Old English rōt, from Old Norse rót (“root”), from Proto-Germanic *wrōts (“root”), from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”); Doublet of wort, radish, and radix.
Used in a sentence
“This tree's roots can go as deep as twenty metres underground.”
“A Greek historian Phylarchus describes a white root indigenous to India that caused eunuchism when a person bathed in water in which the root was steeped.”
“A root caught Ulot's left foot and he almost fell.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues
01“Source beneath soil”4 letters
02“Source of a plant”4 letters
03“Underground plant part”4 letters
04“Plant anchor”4 letters
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